“Mink is of the opinion that the Bush Administration should have ignored every intelligence gathering source on our planet to dig through heaps of offal to find some obscure doubt that he can hang his hat on. A smile crossed my face when I realized that Mink already hangs his hat on a heap of offal, whenever he wears it.”

lol, burned!

Touche!.

Mr. Hart,

The consequences of presidential actions are far greater than you, or I, or Mr. Mink are used to dealing with. President Bush was offered two interpretations of the intelligence out of Niger (one from Ambassador Joseph Wilson III, who was there, one from Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al., who were not). Not only did President Bush choose… wrong, but kept the controversial intelligence from members of Congress, who were voting on whether to give him authorization for the use of force in Iraq. After Ambassador Wilson sandbagged the President, in the form of a letter to the New York Times, disclosing what he found (or didn’t find) in Niger, the administration retaliated by “outing” Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plaime, a classified, covert CIA agent. I sincerely apologize if this information upsets your world-view, but after all, you brought it up. If the editorial section ruffles your delicate sensibilities, might I suggest the crossword puzzle.

Oct. 18 ‘01- on the transfer of “yellow cake” to Iraq-State Dept.’s Department of Intel and Research finds report “highly suspect” and doubts that Niger “would engage in such a transaction or be able to deliver” due to French government consortium maintains “absolute control of the uranium industry.” Nov. 20 ‘01-U.S. Embassy disseminates cable-Director General of consortium states “no possibility that any of the 3,000 tons of yellow cake produced was diverted.” CIA Senior Publish When Ready (SPWR021402-05) says “sole source” of this report was from a single foreign gov’t source an “lacks crucial data” and agreed that the French consortium did “maintain complete control” of the industry. Bush conclusion; “let’s get ‘em.” Source: Globalsecurity.org

Barky, your facts couldnt be more wrong if you got them from media matters, which you probably did.

First off, Liar Joe’s wife had a role in sending him BACK to Niger. His “report” confirmed to the SSCI that Iraq had attempted to purchase uranium some years prior. Liar Joe was correct in saying that Iraq didnt get uranuim from Niger, but the administration never said that the attempt was successful.

Second, the administration had nothing to do with leaking the name of Plame, Richard Armitage of did.

Third, if Plame was covert, Armitage could have and would have been charged with leaking her identity. Fitzpatrick went so far as to say that leaking her name was NOT a crime.

I will say one thing about “Liar Joe”, he sure has a trophy wife.

Mink says that President Bush exaggerated the intel info on Iraq and accused Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney of lying. This same intel info Bill Clinton used to attack Iraq for over month in 1998. This same info Congress used to overwhelmingly pass the Iraqi Liberation Act, which Mr. Clinton signed, but never acted on. This has been brought to the attention of the liberal left time and time again and each time they dodge this question: why is it that the libs can accuse Mr. Bush of lying, yet every agency in the world, the U.N. and Mr. Clinton, Mr. Gore, and all the other democrats get this frequent free pass all the time when they all saie the same thing? Eric Mink and the liberal mainstream media have no standards when it come to good journalism. They are supposed to report both sides of it, not the one they like. Mink and his fellow liberals in the journalism busines need to take ethical standards 101 and see what it is meant by fair and balance reporting. Because quite frankly, Mink doesn’t have a clue as to what that means. And if he really thinks George Bush exaggerated the intell info on Iraq, maybe this lame brain left wing liberal bomb thrower can tell us how Clinton was justified in helping wage war in Kosovo and Bosnia, where we lost more troops in the Bosnia war than we have in Iraq and we have been in Bosnia a hell of a lot longer. Two nations that were no THREAT to us whatsoever. This is the same argument the libs are giving for bashing George Bush and Dick Cheney for invading Iraq, are they not? I believe they are.

Commander Horsefeathers:

“I sincerely apologize if this information upsets your world-view, but after all, you brought it up. If the editorial section ruffles your delicate sensibilities, might I suggest the crossword puzzle.”

The information you furnished is a case history in the construction and destruction of a straw man by the former Ambassador. The denial of “fact” by Joe Wilson was that Niger sold Yellowcake to Iraq. Nobody ever said Iraq purchased it but that somebody who tried to buy it shouldn’t be trusted.

“Not only did President Bush choose… wrong, but kept the controversial intelligence from members of Congress, who were voting on whether to give him authorization for the use of force in Iraq.”

Where do you get this crackpot slime, from exposing the partially digested food source of barnyard fowl? It would be necessary for your first statement to be correct for the second to bear weight and frankly Commander, both border on nutcase hate.

Once again Barkweather, you have your head where the sun doesn’t shine. Take a closer look at waht Jospeh Wilson said about Saddam wanting yellow cake from Niger. Mr. Bush did not choose wrong. You liberals would have chosen wrong by leaving Saddam in power and fighting these terrorists as you always are. Always the appeasors. Every fair minded journalist knows Joseph said Saddam was pursuing yellow cake from Niger. Just read about it.

Furthermore you liberal hack, it wasn’t George Bush, nor was it Scooter Libby who outed Valerie Plame, but it was Richard Armitage who has admiited this, but yet wasn’t prosecuted and Fitzgpatrci knew, but refused to prosecute this loser Armitage. And if you can’t stand eharing the truth, I suggest you read the comic section. They are full laughs as your comments always are. Full of crap too. This other liberal idiot, slamfist, he falls under the same category. Two left wing liberals who want to hear only one side of the story.

bravo Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum, exactly right. Libby was never charge and convicted of leaking Plame’s name. Or maybe these two libs can’t read a newspaper. Furthermore if Plame wanted to stay covert as she and her treasonous husband says she was, then why appear on the cover in Vanity Fair. You going to tell me she expected to have identity kept secret once she apepared on this cover? Yeah right. Maybe Barkweather and slamfist will shut up. My words, not Bellum’s.