Since they found yellow cake in Iraq after the war, the question of whether Saddam wanted to acquire yellow cake is somewhat irrelevant.
You are making an attempt to use common sense. Shame on you.
"Since they found yellow cake in Iraq after the war, the question of whether Saddam wanted to acquire yellow cake is somewhat irrelevant."
But,but,but it wasn't the 'refined' kind that makes atom bombs.
Don't cha know!
We knew Saddam had yellowcake. That is why I always suspected the Niger stuff was bogus. The difference between yellowcake and a nuclear bomb is the difference between maple sap and maple syrup.
There is alot of processing going on. 99% of the yellowcake is discarded in the process. If I remember correctly, we allowed 500 tons of yellow cake to remain under seal at the end of Gulf War I. We checked the seals every year, until the inspectors were thrown out, and they were intact. Since that point, Saddam could have used the yellowcake he had. Why would he have needed to buy any from Niger?
Could be an interesting press conference on Halloween. Burlesconi is meeting with the President that day. I am sure he will get grilled.
Iraq aquired hundreds of tons of yellowcake in the 80s from Niger, Brazil, Portugal, and I think Russia and others. It is all pretty well documented by the IAEA, and easy to find on the internet the way everybody but the MSM finds things on the internet (hint: it begins with "G"). Yet the MSM continues to portray Iraq's interest in post-Gulf War yellowcake as if Saddam had never done it before and as if it was some outrageous Bush lie.
There were tons of yellow cake in Iraq, before and after the war. It was, as others have pointed out, acquired before GW1 and (largely) under UN weapons inspector seal when discovered post GW2.
The attempts to acquire yellow cake in Niger involved in the current controversy started in the late 90s and were intended to replace that known and "controlled" stockpile.
You're not wrong, you're just chasing the wrong evidence. The Niger yellow cake acquisition has been proven by both congressional and UK investigations (e.g. the Butler report). The lamestream media is choosing to cover that up. Our job is to ferret out those proofs and remind people of them.
Over and over and over, if necessary.
Our enemies count on us getting tired of going over the same points repeatedly. They then stay "on message" and win by default.
We can't play their game.