Latin for ' Kill the messenger '
Re: Read The Whole Thing (4.00 / 1) (#21)
by ColBatGuano on Nov 23, 2005 -- 03:37:59 AM EST
My take on the outing of Plame is that it was a desperate attempt to conceal the fact that Cheney had been briefed on Joe Wilson's trip to Niger IMMEDIATELY after Wilson's return to the US -- in March '02.
That is EXACTLY what Wilson claimed in his NYT OpEd, and if true, it would be strong evidence that the "smoking gun ... mushroom cloud" hysteria (many months later) was a willful and deliberate BushCo lie.
Recall that the administration's reaction to Wilson's OpEd was primarily focused on denying that Cheney had any knowledge of Wilson's trip. However, no one could possibly believe such a story if Joe Wilson was dispatched to Niger in response to an inquiry by Cheney. If the VP asked the question, there can be no doubt that the VP got the answer. Promptly!
Thus, they needed a cover story to explain why Wilson went to Niger without the knowledge of anyone in the administration. Valerie just happened to be handy -- she sent hubby on "a junket" ...uh, maybe because he needed some frequent flier miles.
Not for revenge, not to discredit Wilson's (un)findings, but to conceal the fact that the yellowcake bu__sh__! was a pack of DELIBERATE lies.
Col Bat
"An awkward, unscientific lie is often as ineffectual as the truth."
-- Mark Twain
FROM...
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/22/23541/082
UPDATE: I don't have a link for this, but a reader emails to tell me that this was the subject of Tuesday's "Quickvote Poll" on CNN. The question was:
Do you believe President Bush talked about bombing the HQ of Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera?
71% of the respondents said Yes. Even if it turns out not to be true, that's quite a statement.
by ColBatGuano on Nov 23, 2005 -- 03:37:59 AM EST
My take on the outing of Plame is that it was a desperate attempt to conceal the fact that Cheney had been briefed on Joe Wilson's trip to Niger IMMEDIATELY after Wilson's return to the US -- in March '02.
That is EXACTLY what Wilson claimed in his NYT OpEd, and if true, it would be strong evidence that the "smoking gun ... mushroom cloud" hysteria (many months later) was a willful and deliberate BushCo lie.
Recall that the administration's reaction to Wilson's OpEd was primarily focused on denying that Cheney had any knowledge of Wilson's trip. However, no one could possibly believe such a story if Joe Wilson was dispatched to Niger in response to an inquiry by Cheney. If the VP asked the question, there can be no doubt that the VP got the answer. Promptly!
Thus, they needed a cover story to explain why Wilson went to Niger without the knowledge of anyone in the administration. Valerie just happened to be handy -- she sent hubby on "a junket" ...uh, maybe because he needed some frequent flier miles.
Not for revenge, not to discredit Wilson's (un)findings, but to conceal the fact that the yellowcake bu__sh__! was a pack of DELIBERATE lies.
Col Bat
"An awkward, unscientific lie is often as ineffectual as the truth."
-- Mark Twain
FROM...
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/22/23541/082
UPDATE: I don't have a link for this, but a reader emails to tell me that this was the subject of Tuesday's "Quickvote Poll" on CNN. The question was:
Do you believe President Bush talked about bombing the HQ of Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera?
71% of the respondents said Yes. Even if it turns out not to be true, that's quite a statement.
posted by professor rat at 9:15 AM
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