OK so...re paragraph 2. I took the time to take a look at your link. There may be a fact buried in the vitriol somewhere -- it's hard to tell. It reminded me of reading Ann Coulter. I guess my take on this is that what really interests me about Wilson is just how hysterical the neo-cons get on the subject. I personally don't know if he was correct or not, or even whether he acted in good faith. But the attacks on him don't seem to pass the giggle test.
As for Hitchen's objectivity, huh. He describes himself as agreeing the the neo-cons and says he admires Wolfowitz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens > ok so... the fact that he did not find what the administration thought > he should find, this "undermines" the government? Or the neo-con > version of reality? And so... reporting what you think is the truth is > disloyal if it disagrees with the current government's paradigm? Is > that really what you are saying? And if so, are you really saying you > don't see the problem with that? > > I'll come back to paragraph 2 later. > > >Wilson was directly and deliberately trying to undermine the > government he > >was paid to help assess the situation in Iraq. His supposed "insider > >connections" gave him nothing, and he failed to find out important > >information about the connection between Iraq and Niger. > > > >As for where my information comes from, the Iraq-Niger connection is > now > >well-documented. Check out several pieces by Chris Hitchens > (including this > >one in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2140058/ ). You may not like > the fact > >that his has disavowed the looney left, but he is hardly the lapdog > of the > >Bush Administration and he has done a tremendous amount of > investigative > >journalism to uncover facts that totally escaped Joe Wilson (who > Hitchen's > >thinks is basically a boob). > > > >As for the recommendation from his wife, if he had done anything > useful, it > >might have gone unnoticed, but the fact that he was not just useless > but > >actively harmful to the government's efforts through his incompetence > or > >laziness should raise serious questions about his fitness to have > undertaken > >the mission in the first place. > > > >On 7/12/06, Dana wrote: > >-- > >--------------- > >Robert Munn > >www.funkymojo. com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
