Our 27 months of hell (Joe Wilson, need I say more?)

L.A. Times ^ | October 29, 2005 | Joe Wilson

[liberallarry]

They did it as part of a clear effort to cover up the lies and disinformation used to justify the invasion of Iraq. That is the ultimate crime.

Lies and disinformation have been used by all nations to justify their actions in every war.

It has left our international reputation in tatters and our military broken. It has weakened the United States, increased hatred of us and made terrorist attacks against our interests more likely in the future

Speculation. How does he know what would have happened had we chosen a different course? How does he know what will happen a couple of years later on our chosen path? Popular attitudes are notoriously fickle and changeable.

It has been...the greatest strategic blunder in the history of our country

The heart of the matter.

We invaded Iraq to remove the threat posed by Saddam and to weaken that posed by other Muslim nations and peoples. If what follows is more favorable to our interests Wilson will have been proven wrong. If not, he will have been proven right.

[new yorker 77]

With friends like Joe, Saddam can't go wrong.

[mystery-ak]

Joe is hitting the circuit...he'll be on 60mins tomrrow night and will give a speech Mon to the Press Club ...next stop, Oprah...

[catroina54]

""Valerie told me later that it was like being hit in the stomach. Twenty years of service had gone down the drain""

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whatssa matta joey/val ? no "workmens comp" deals in the cia ?.....
retirement homes ?

[FreedomPoster]

And the horse he rode in on.

[Brilliant]

We know, Joe... It's all about you.

[HarleyLady27]

BOY...isn't he full of himself...like he said:..."to many wives and to much drugs..."

This guy belongs along side of that crazy sheenan woman...in the crazy house for sure....along with ALOT of democRATS and some Pubbies I know...(John McCain for one).

[JennysCool]

"Valerie told me later that it was like being hit in the stomach. Twenty years of service had gone down the drain"

Yeah, right. My take on this is that Valerie was upset about being "outed" only because (a) it might lead to nepotism-related questions about her dispatching her very own hubby to Niger and (b) it wasn't done in a laudatory manner. You BET she'd have been happy to see her name in print if it was for "CIA Employee of the Month."

If ever two people deserved each other, it's the Wilsons.

[marty60]

Oil for Food money JOE?

[jennyjenny]

Let's see.....no one in the administration was charged with outing his wife. The report says nothing about her being covert, the CIA said no damage was done as a result of this.

On the other hand, Joey has been proven to be a liar by the Senate and he has continued to try to smear the president and the administration. He and his wife want privacy, yet they appear in the magazine spread, Joey writes a book and op-eds smearing every chance he gets.

He lied about who sent him, he lied about what he found, he lied when he said his wife was covert. I hope like hell he files a civil suit.

[pinz-n-needlez]

Mark to read later.

Is he suggesting her parents and brother had clearance to know that she was covert???

Pinz

[Sacajaweau]

Drudge has a little different quote which is from his book (I think): "she felt like she'd been hit in the stomach. It took her breath away."

Isn't that almost identical to what Hillary said when Bubba "outed" himself to her. (Like he had a secret sex life (again) she didn't know about).

If so, amazing how they line up. Who's Joe's editor, Mandy Grunwald-Cooper?

[St.Chuck]

I think Mr. Wilson did a great sevice to our country by exposing the false claims made by the Bush administration during the lead up to war. I would think that conservatives would rally around someone with the courage to do just that, just as they did when Linda Tripp became a hero for her exposure of Mr. Clinton's lies. The double standard that so-called conservatives display on this forum is incredible.

[carlr]

If this stands it means that two people,who in this case,are a desk worker and a former minor level diplomat can establish a shadow government of sorts without any repudiation or responsibility.

[wita]

That tag line of yours is a classic.

[angkor]

Today's Washington Post has a ridiculous puff-piece on Val this morning. They mention her "post partum depression support group" three times (her kids are 5 years old now), use the word "devastated" twice, etc etc.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102801172.html

[MosesKnows]

divulging a secret that had been known only to me, her parents and her brother.

She obviously WASN'T a covert CIA agent if her parents, brother, and Joe Wilson knew.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I sent this letter to the L.A. Times

RE: 'Our 27 months of hell'

Dear Editor:

Joe Wilson brought on his own 'hell' when he lied to the American public in a book ironically titled "The Politics of Truth" then made his wife a partner in his shameless buffoonery by appearing with her on the cover of a fashion magazine.

Is it any wonder Central Intelligence is a mess? With poseurs like Wilson and agents like Valerie Plame--whose WMD control cell targeted the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade for bombing--who needs foreign enemies?

These people deserve literal hell.

Brad (last name)

[inpajamas]

Joe, if you think the 27 months was bad just wait until you hit the eternal stretch

[Liberty Wins]

"Isn't that almost identical to what Hillary said when Bubba "outed" himself to her."

"She felt like she'd been hit in the stomach. It took her breath away." (Joe Wilson)

"Gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him, 'What do you mean? What are you saying? Why did you lie to me?' (Hillary Clinton)