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Bush Nuke Basher Admitted Saddam Sought the Bomb
NewsMax.com ^
| 7/14/03
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 07/14/2003 10:18:46 AM PDT by kattracks
The diplomat who set off a political firestorm last week when he told the New York Times that President Bush may have "exaggerated" when he told the nation that Iraq sought nuclear fuel in Africa admitted last October that he believed Saddam Hussein had "an aggressive program to try and get" nuclear weapons.
Though former acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq Joseph C. Wilson's op-ed in the Times warned that Bush might have led the U.S. to war "under false pretenses" by ginning up a bogus nuclear threat, he was singing a different tune during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" nine months ago.
Under close questioning by Sean Hannity, Wilson insisted that Saddam "doesn't have nuclear weapons, to the best of anybody's knowledge."
But then, in an admission that contradicts the central point of his Times op-ed, Wilson added, "though he has an aggressive program to try and get them."
Last week, Wilson cited his inability to confirm an Iraq-Niger nuke connection to conclude in the Times: "Some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the nuclear threat."
But if, as Wilson told "Hannity & Colmes" in October, he believed Saddam indeed had an "aggressive" nuclear program at the time, his claim that Bush distorted the nuclear threat seems disingenuous at best.
The full exchange between Hannity and Wilson went like this:
HANNITY: Wait a minute. If he's still if he's going after if he's going after weapons of mass destruction, with his willingness to use them, and your belief, have they having told you they'd use them, isn't it important we get him before he got these other weapons? Wouldn't that be ...
WILSON: Well ...
HANNITY: Wouldn't that make good sense in your mind?
WILSON: Well, first of all, Sean just a second. Just let me be very clear. He has chemical weapons.
HANNITY: Right.
WILSON: He has biological weapon capability ...
HANNITY: Right.
WILSON: ... and may have biological weapons. He doesn't have nuclear weapons, to the best of anybody's knowledge, even though he has an aggressive program to try and get them.
HANNITY: He's working hard to get them, but but, I mean, if we don't ...
WILSON; That's right. [End of Excerpt]
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; josephcwilson; josephwilson; nukes; seanhannity; warlist; wmd
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To: Sofa King
It's not ignorant. Fascism and communism claim to represent the people, despite the fact that elites are too rule.
And Muslims aren't an ethnic group. I believe the dominant mindset of Islam in its current form in the MidEast will prevent a stable democracy to grow. Hardly condemnatory of any ethnic group.
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posted on
07/14/2003 5:02:41 PM PDT
by
ValenB4
(MadmanXH20)
To: Mo1
Chris Matthews is an, well, you know. I loved that Ari today mentioned that CLinton mentioned Iraq's nuclear weapons program (NOT WMD, but Nuclear Weapons Program) today in his last day working for President Bush. Ari reminded the viewing audience that Clinton mentioned the nuclear program in Iraq 4 times in 1998.
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posted on
07/14/2003 5:35:59 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: Peach
Maybe we should send a copy of that to Chrissy .. he seems to have a problem getting his news
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posted on
07/14/2003 5:41:44 PM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: kattracks
Another lying Democrat exposed.
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posted on
07/14/2003 5:50:50 PM PDT
by
Republican Wildcat
(Help us elect Republicans in Kentucky! Click on my name for links to all the 2003 candidates!)
To: ValenB4
>It's not ignorant. Fascism and communism claim to represent the people, despite the fact that elites are too rule.
Fascism and communism claim alot of things. That doesn't make them derivative of democracy.
>And Muslims aren't an ethnic group.
Arabs are.
>I believe the dominant mindset of Islam in its current form in the MidEast will prevent a stable democracy to grow.
The only thing that is going to change that mindset is freedom. The Japanese once had a similar mindset, but democracy took root there.
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posted on
07/14/2003 6:27:03 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
To: Sofa King
The difference with Japan is that it was an industrialized country that was largely Westernized, had fought a devastating war, suffered two nuclear bombs, and was allowed to keep its emperor, making the people more accepting of the US terms of defeat. Japan didn't have nearly as large a jump as the Muslim countries do. Furthermore, the defeated nations of World War II had a stark choice between the US and the Soviet Union. Not exactly a difficult decision. I sincerely hope you turn out to be correct but I'm not optimistic about it.
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posted on
07/14/2003 6:49:08 PM PDT
by
ValenB4
(MadmanXH20)
To: Grampa Dave; *war_list; W.O.T.; Dog Gone; blam; Sabertooth; NormsRevenge; seamole; Lion's Cub; ...
Thanks for the ping!
The same ole pattern by ex Clinton administration people.
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posted on
07/14/2003 6:53:07 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
To: MJY1288
If any investigation is done by Congress, it should be on Wilson and his Wife I have already made a folder in my Favorites JUST for Wilson, et al. The Favorites dropdown from so many bookmarks was covering up my whole screen.
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posted on
07/14/2003 6:56:42 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Start the stop watches...)
To: finnman69
Left wing maggots like Wilson can't get away trying to revise history.
We can go on the internet and document what they said and did years ago, months ago and even weeks ago. The truth is starting to be really painful for the revisionists and the liars of the media and the card carrying rats.
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07/14/2003 6:58:18 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
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To: kattracks
I am reading Dick Morris's intriguing new book. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS. The chapter I am in involves Clinton's dealings with Iraq. It is must reading for all who are as disgusted as I am by these revisionist, lying democrats. This is another problem He mishandled by design, and laid in Bush's lap hoping against hope it would bite him. I am sure he is the first one baring his teeth along with the PIPS.
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posted on
07/14/2003 7:17:13 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(The left have blood on their hands.)
To: ValenB4
Moi?...with an attitude?
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posted on
07/15/2003 1:30:17 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: arasina; justshe
Lookee lookee at this one.:-)
To: Kip Lange
The latest on the ex ambassador sent to Niger
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posted on
07/15/2003 3:24:38 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: ValenB4
Iraq is largely westernized, it fought two devestating wars and suffered a civil war involving chemical weapons.Its people are highly literate, and its industrial capacity is probably greater than that of Japan after WW2. - just playing Devil's advocate... and the Iraqis are smart enough not to want their leader back.
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posted on
07/15/2003 3:36:43 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: kattracks
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posted on
07/15/2003 5:17:19 AM PDT
by
arasina
(I'm not sure if I really care for indecisive people. Maybe I do; maybe not.)
To: nopardons
Thanks for all your pings. I would probably have missed these stories!
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07/15/2003 7:55:51 AM PDT
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To: ValenB4
> Japan didn't have nearly as large a jump as the Muslim countries do.
The Japanese were still loyal to their emperor. Most Iraqis hated Saddam. The Japanese civilians were preparing to fight to the death to resist the US. A great deal of the Iraqi army refused to fight.
Seems to me the Iraqis are more ready for change.
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posted on
07/16/2003 5:45:00 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
To: Sofa King
It's speculation that that most Iraqis hated Saddam. As in most countries with depotic rulers, most were probably indifferent to him. It seems to me that the Iraqis are fighting more intensely now that Saddam is gone. They're ready for a change all right. They want US troops out.
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posted on
07/16/2003 6:08:51 PM PDT
by
ValenB4
(I doubt you're a neocon)
To: ValenB4
Really? I saw them taking to the streets to tear down statues of him. What did you see?
Also, the people attacking our troops are not your average Iraqi civilians. If the Iraqi people wanted us gone, we'd have alot more than a few casualties a week. These people are mostly terrorists who are taking advantage of our presence there to attack us.
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posted on
07/16/2003 6:12:25 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
To: Grampa Dave
Another reminder about this dirtbag post...more to come...
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posted on
09/30/2003 3:46:18 PM PDT
by
Beck_isright
(Shenandoah and Blue Ridge will re-emerge as the investment of the 21st Century....)
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