When And Why Joseph C Wilson IV Outed Valerie Plame

Abolutely fascinating article. What is especially devastating for Joe Wilson is that he supported the belief that Saddam had WMDs AFTER he went to Niger and before the invasion!

January 28, 2003: President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address.

February 6, 2003: Joe Wilson wrote an editorial for the Los Angeles Times, A ‘Big Cat’ With Nothing to Lose, in which he claimed we should not attack Saddam Hussein because he will use his weapons of mass destruction on our troops and give them to terrorists.

There is now no incentive for Hussein to comply with the inspectors or to refrain from using weapons of mass destruction to defend himself if the United States comes after him.

And he will use them; we should be under no illusion about that.

February 28, 2003: Joe Wilson was interviewed by Bill Moyers. Wilson agreed with Bush’s SOTU remarks, and reiterated his belief that Saddam had WMD and that he would use them on US troops.

Read the whole thing.