Let Them Eat Yellowcake - Reflections On A Failed Political Smear

PipeLineNews.org ^ | July 15, 2003 | William A. Mayer

[johnqueuepublic]

Required reading by all, everything you need to know about "uraniumgate." Good investigative piece.

[Support Free Republic]

SHOW JIM THE MONEY!!!!

[Madcelt]

Ping, and Bump!

[My2Cents]

Don't confuse the naysayers with the facts.

[arkfreepdom]

Did anyone else see E. D. on Fox and Friends this morning ask Sen. Bob Grahm why he stated in Oct. 2002 that Iraq was seeking uranium. He mumbled like an old fool. This ain't over yet.

[RobFromGa]

What was Saddam doing with 550 tons of bomb making material, approximately 250 tons of which had been obtained from the very country mentioned in the President's State of the Union Address?

I agree that this is a good article, but at least one careless mistake: Bush said "Africa" not "Niger" in SOTU.

[FairOpinion]

Excellent article!

There is nothing like specific facts to kill all the accusations, but they need to be repeated often, because the Democrats never met facts they couldn't ignore and twist.

I also would like to add, that Bush in his SOTU address never said, that Saddam bought uranium from Niger, but that he "sought" uranium. The Democrats keep misquoting Bush's statement, to try to make their accusations more potent.
But when faced with the truth, their accusations are pathetic.

However, I wish that the Bush administration would coe outand point out these facts and that more journalists would do their homework, as William A. Mayer, the writer of this article has done.

[johnqueuepublic]

Glad you caught that, will pass it along to Mr. Mayer.

[Gritty]

Good article.

The only thing he left out is Great Britain still stands by the veracity of it's intelligence, the intelligence GW Bush refers to in his speech. The single instance of misinformation (probably purposeful) on the Niger yellowcake is outweighed by genuine British and American intelligence as yet unrevealed in public.

The President's statement would undoubtedly stand solidly as truth in a Court of Law.

[Madcelt]

I agree, it's not over. But the old saying goes...give'em enough rope....and they will hang themselves. ( just a thought. ;) )

[johnqueuepublic]

thx 4 p & b

[JoeSixPack1]

It smacks of a terrible desperation on their part and is a wondrous and beautiful thing to behold!

And the crowd goes wild......:-)

[johnqueuepublic]

Doh......well there you go again....

thx

[johnqueuepublic]

Gee I would have paid good money to see crazy Bob blubber on and on.....

[johnqueuepublic]

The funny thing is that any reporter worth his or her salt can get to the bottom of these things.......IF they want to.

[johnqueuepublic]

Rope (pre stretched) available by the yard......step right up, huzaaaahh, husaaaahhhh!

[kevkrom]

Good investigative piece.

It's kind of sad to think that by today's standards, you're right. In reality, this is the barely more than the minimum amount of research a reporter should be putting into this type of story -- the fact that only a few do is a damning indictment on the "profession".

[johnqueuepublic]

From what I understand, the author's sources would not comment on Brit intell.

[Madcelt]

Welcome and btw I ain't done yet. PING pa PING PING!!!

[johnqueuepublic]

Could not agree more, a few phone calls a bit of fact checking. All that remains is the desire to discern the truth, which seems to be the stumbling block.