Now that is entirely plausible. Liberals do take their freedom and their security for granted. This is their greatest sin.
But: why is it that no one seems to be questioning the sources behind Wilson's claims? The Nigerian government seems thoroughly corrupt. Wilson's familiarity to them as a former diplomat would have insured they provide a weekend with Rosy Scenario. I doubt he could have found any real scuttlebut if he'd wanted to. Yet he claims infallible knowledge of all that occurred, in the op-ed section of the daily wiper. Some diplomat. Some snoop.
Yes, he and our other sources of intelligence could have been wrong (He, himself has said so). Intelligence seems to be a lot worse than we've been led to believe by Hollywood and bad novels. But prior to the war most intelligence was on his side and subsequent facts on the ground support him rather than the Administration.