Let Them Eat Yellowcake - Reflections On A Failed Political Smear

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

[Madcelt]

you forgot one other sympton that is already appearing. "Short term memory loss". They forgot Bill/Al ain't in charge anymore.

[Maria S]

"That such criticism would come from Joseph C. Wilson, an individual [former acting ambassador to Iraq and the man who put together Clinton’s hysteric, $42+ million 1998 Great White Father tour of Africa]..."


Well, well, well! So our new-best-friend, Mr. Wilson, is the one who came up with that bright idea!

[johnqueuepublic]

I dont know if he suggested the idea to the great Clintoni, but he knew most of the right despots there having been in charge of gun running or something.

Until I read this I had forgotten about this trip, anyone have a pic of Clinton in his Dashiki?

[BOBTHENAILER]

"Short term memory loss". They forgot Bill/Al ain't in charge anymore.

Great addition, that condition will cost them by the time 04 rolls around.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks, a very nice piece !

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[Matchett-PI]

"Until I read this I had forgotten about this trip, anyone have a pic of Clinton in his Dashiki?"

Clinton "the savior"

[johnqueuepublic]

Un be friggin lievable........

[johnqueuepublic]

Good links, Robinson's bandwidth demands must be enormous, dont these threads ever die??

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Check out what Backhoe just put together:

The Uranium Files- Iraq, Mr. Bush... and more-

[George W. Bush]

article: To any but the most dull - or more likely, ideologically blinded, partisan - the fact that Niger and Saddam had an ongoing nuclear arrangement spanning over 20 years should have been a red flag, cautioning restraint in any criticism of what Mr. Bush said in his national address.

What "ongoing nuclear arrangement"? They list two yellowcake purchases in 1981-1982. If I bought two items from Sears back in 1981-1982, I wouldn't call that an "ongoing arrangement". This is a deliberately misleading conclusion by the writer.

I don't see the purchases of yellowcake from Niger in 1981-1982 as all that significant. Around that same time, they were getting other, apparently more restricted, materials from France, Russia, Italy, etc.

In his SOTU, Bush created an impression that Iraq's nuke program had been revitalized in recent years. Talking about yellowcake they bought in the Eighties doesn't really prove much of anything.

To carry their point, for either this writer or the White House, what is needed is some proof that Iraq purchased or tried to purchase nuclear material in the last few years.

[Rebelbase]

Nice post at #22. I will use that to deflate the rantings on a liberal board I visit.

[George W. Bush]

From Backhoe's thread, I found this story: Niger says Iraq tried to buy uranium (FLASHBACK) (Niger-France-Iraq link?)

The article says that Niger denies selling yellowcake to Iraq in the early Eighties and that their have three primary customers: France, Japan and Spain.

It appears there is a conflict here between the denial of Niger and the U.N. report. It's a little hard to decide who is less credible. But any "ongoing relationship" between Saddam and Niger "spanning" decades looks more and more tenuous.

[Utah Girl]

Great article. Good talking points for discussing this with liberals too.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well the U>N> Is the authority , so we would believe the UN!

[johnqueuepublic]

Well Mr. President if you say so........at least you got that opportunity to put on the flight suit again and you didnt bend your jet like McCain used to do.

[lainde]

bttt

[George W. Bush]

I was going to flip a coin to choose which was the biggest liar, the UN or the French client-state, Niger.

It's a tough call. I better just flip the coin...

I really am wondering if Saddam ever did buy any yellowcake from Niger. Their denial is interesting in that an order of that size would have many witnesses and there would be some sort of waybills and other shipping documents as well. You'd think that Niger would have to be careful if they were lying about it.

Right now, I'm leaning toward the idea that Niger produced and sold the yellowcake to France who then sold it to Saddam. This was about the same time that France sold Saddam the reactors. France is front and center again. If this were true, then probably Saddam didn't try to buy yellowcake in Africa either. He probably got France to do it.

The Brits may be reluctant to provide us with evidence that show that France was the one who was helping Saddam with his nuke project all along.