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Originally Posted by rebound
some borderline insane Ambassador being sent on an all-expenses paid "fact finding" trip to Niger
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borderline insane?
What makes you say that?
Wilson was sent to Niger to find out if Saddam had indeed tried to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger. He came back and in his report stated that the story was not true. Bush ignored his report and stated in his state of the union speech that Iraq had tried to buy the yellowcake uranium. And sure enough, we now know that the story was not true, and the documents were forgeries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowcake_forgery
If anyone here was borderline insane, it was Bush's speech writers who included facts that were known to be false at the time. Actually, insane is the wrong word. Criminal and Dishonest would be more accurate.