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The Unraveling of Joseph Wilson, a Marginal Woeful Figure
Plameâs Lame GameWhat Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife forgot to tell us about the yellow-cake scandal. By Christopher Hitchens Two recent reports allow us to revisit one of the great non-stories, and one of the great missed stories, of the Iraq war argument. The non-story is the alleged martyrdom of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, supposed by many to have suffered cruel exposure for their commitment to the truth. The missed story is the increasing evidence that Niger, in West Africa, was indeed the locus of an illegal trade in uranium ore for rogue states including Iraq. (snip) -- Always fun to see a liberal icon go down.... Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-14 |
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