That is the key point. Bush said in his speech that the British had evidence that Iraq had tried to buy, not that they bought. In an earlier post Wilson was quoted as saying that one former official he talked to said he didn't doubt that Iraq was trying, there were rumors, but that he doubted they could ever be successful.
Just the fact that they were trying to buy uranium is enough to implicate them as seekers of nuclear weapons, else no need for uranium. Plus the British still insist they are correct and have other collaborating evidence.
Didn't he even use the words, "the British believe"? Am I mistaken?
Exactly. But, that is really beside the point. This really is a tempest in a teapot boiled up by toadies like tea-drinker Joseph C. Wilson 4th so they can attack President Bush's integrity. The Democrats have none so they think that if they can take that out Bush is (as Terry McAuliffe yelled at a Fox News reporter yesterday) done.