Let Them Eat Yellowcake…

Writing today on Slate.com, Christopher Hitchens has come to the conclusion that Iraq did, in fact, go uranium hunting in Niger.
Slate.com | Wowie Zahawie By Christopher Hitchens
Despite what Joe Wilson says, Hitchens bring up a fabulous point and one I considered some time ago:

…these negotiations involved no offer of uranium ore but only “cash in exchange for petroleum.” West Africa is awash in petroleum, and Niger is poor in cash. Iraq in 2001 was cash-rich through the oil-for-food racket, but you may if you wish choose to believe that a near-bankrupt African delegation from a uranium-based country traveled across a continent and a half with nothing on its mind but shopping for oil.

While I’m no fan of Hitchens and I absolutey detest his views on Ronald Reagan, he does bring up some excellent points and deliver some useful information that the world is clearly ignoring.
William Smith
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