"2 - On Fox News Sunday, John Kerry continued to insist that the president misled the nation about Iraq trying to get uranium ore from Niger, despite American and British findings to the contrary. Do you agree with Kerry? Or is he now lying himself?"
You replied: "2. y'all is nuts if you STILL BELIEVE Iraq managed to ship tons of RADIOACTIVE ORE halfway across the Eastern hemisphere without anyone noticing. I certainly have my criticisms of Joe Wilson, but he does at least a adequate job of debunking that nonsense here: "
BZZZT. Which part of trying requires actual shipment? NONE. The British stand by their intelligence as per the Butler Report. Bush's 16 words were true, and Wilson's allegations were false.
And do you seriously still believe Joe Wilson, now that his claim to have had knowledge that 'debunked' the Niger evidence is now been established to be fraudulent? Joe Wilson claimed to have seen documents that he NEVER had access to at the time he claimed. Joe claimed his wife had nothing to do with the trip (she did). Joe claimed his trip 'disproved' the Niger connection (it didnt and furthermore, to some analysts increased their belief in Iraq's interest in uranium).
After all this, knowing as we know now that this whole scam started when Joe Wilson was chatting with Nick Kristof at a Democrat Senatorial conclave, ie a partisan gathering ... do you really believe Joe Wilson is a credible witness?
According to the 9/11 Commission report, Wilson actually STRENGTHENED suspicions that Saddam was trying to get uranium. Wilson knowingly, maliciously manufactured a well mapped lie worthy of an amateur fiction writer for nothing more than the gain of personal power.
I know the administration has too much on it's plate to bother with a libel suit, but I'd like to see this whole thing finally come to an end.