Joe Wilson – Liar Or Idiot?
Or maybe both. Christopher Hitchens is absolutely ruthless in this piece at Slate.
In other words (I am prepared to keep on repeating this until at least one cow comes home), Joseph Wilson went to Niger in 2002 to investigate whether or not the country had renewed its uranium-based relationship with Iraq, spent a few days (by his own account) sipping mint tea with officials of that country who were (by his wife's account) already friendly to him, and came back with the news that all was above-board. Again to repeat myself, this must mean either that A) he did not know that Zahawie had come calling or B) that he did know but didn't think it worth mentioning that one of Saddam's point men on nukes had been in town. In neither case, it seems to me, should he be trusted with another mission that requires any sort of curiosity.
I notice a distinct lack of interest in the MSM to follow this. To me, that indicates there is quite a large fire under all the smoke. Because if, indeed, Joe Wilson is the blatant, politically driven liar he appears to be, almost the entire house of cards the MSM and their fellow-travelers have constructed comes apart.
Joe Wilson spoke – and the truth died.
Uncategorized | Gaius April 17, 2006
By Black Jack, April 18, 2006 @ 11:47 am
Gaius said, “Joe Wilson spoke – and the truth died.”
The issue of Valerie Plame Wilson’s alleged CIA covert status is another matter that the MSM shows little inclination to examine objectively, same for the Special Prosecutor, but maybe he already knows the answer too.
Such astonishing lack of curiosity notwithstanding, you’ve got to hand it to those clever devils over at the CIA. Who would have ever thought you could get away with concealing a secret agent’s identify by giving her a CIA desk job? Now, that’s tradecraft. Are these guys good, or what?