it was a reciprical dick move after Plames hubby told Congress one thing (indications were that Iraq had approached Niger) and told the press another, leading the willing press to happily report that Bush lied about uranium.
Not so. Wilson only reported that the Nigerian prime minister claimed that an Iraqi delegation approached Niger regarding an increase in commercial relations. However, Iraq never blatantly said they wanted to purchase uranium. The prime minister suspected that's what they meant, although no one knows, and there was no follow-up by Iraq. I am pretty sure that's what Wilson reported. It's not a direct contradiction to that op-ed he wrote later.
Of course, even if Wilson had told Congress one thing and the press the complete opposite, that in no way excuses outing a CIA agent as some kind of revenge. I'd be interested to know why they chose to act like a bunch of children instead of addressing Wilson's points. I suspect it's because they had no way to convincingly refute Wilson's op-ed, so they were just trying to scare others who might want to come forward like Wilson had.
the supposedly covert agent didn't seem to mind all the press she was getting over her outing.
That doesn't mean a damned thing and you know it. At least I hope you know it. I'm not getting where this, or the rest of your rant (which almost seems like a bunch of random speculation from a guy who admits to not even watching the news), has anything to do with pardoning Libby.
Re: As long as we're getting partisan about this...
I said I don't watch the news; that doesn't mean I don't get news. I just don't have the hours to while away by watching hot-headed loudmouths (on *any* cable channel) express outrage I'm meant to share because a Notice of Outrage was issued by the Official Party Organ.
Once you substract Uranium, there is nothing left to buy from Niger. Quoting the CIA factbook (yeah yeah, CIA, go ahead and give me a better source if you want), their exports are: uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions. Sweet, Saddam must've wanted some of them cowpeas, probably to build himself a palace. To suggest that opening commercial relations was anything but a prelude to purchasing uranium is willful ignorance.
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Re: As long as we're getting partisan about this...
Not so. Wilson only reported that the Nigerian prime minister claimed that an Iraqi delegation approached Niger regarding an increase in commercial relations. However, Iraq never blatantly said they wanted to purchase uranium. The prime minister suspected that's what they meant, although no one knows, and there was no follow-up by Iraq. I am pretty sure that's what Wilson reported. It's not a direct contradiction to that op-ed he wrote later.
Of course, even if Wilson had told Congress one thing and the press the complete opposite, that in no way excuses outing a CIA agent as some kind of revenge. I'd be interested to know why they chose to act like a bunch of children instead of addressing Wilson's points. I suspect it's because they had no way to convincingly refute Wilson's op-ed, so they were just trying to scare others who might want to come forward like Wilson had.
the supposedly covert agent didn't seem to mind all the press she was getting over her outing.
That doesn't mean a damned thing and you know it. At least I hope you know it. I'm not getting where this, or the rest of your rant (which almost seems like a bunch of random speculation from a guy who admits to not even watching the news), has anything to do with pardoning Libby.
Re: As long as we're getting partisan about this...
Once you substract Uranium, there is nothing left to buy from Niger. Quoting the CIA factbook (yeah yeah, CIA, go ahead and give me a better source if you want), their exports are: uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions. Sweet, Saddam must've wanted some of them cowpeas, probably to build himself a palace. To suggest that opening commercial relations was anything but a prelude to purchasing uranium is willful ignorance.