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Originally posted by sgtclub
Sorry, I should have been clearer. The Brits and the CIA have concluded that Saddam was likely trying to by yellow cake - which is what Bush said in the 16 words.
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I think they concluded that the original British intelligence was not unfounded, but that's different from saying that Hussein was, in fact, trying to buy yellowcake. Based on what we now know about Iraq's nuclear program -- that it was defunct at the time -- it makes no sense for them to have been buying yellowcake. What would they do with it?
This is the significance of what Wilson was saying at the time, without regard to all of the details about his wife's name and all that crap. Iraq was not pursuing its nuclear program, and Iraqi acquisition of yellowcake from Niger was something we need not have worried about.
