tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post8526133359093717924..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: How A Contested Aluminum Tubes Story Became The Basis For War With IraqJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-14853938886848147852019-04-10T12:51:36.716-07:002019-04-10T12:51:36.716-07:00Yet the Arms Control Wonk blog did identify a use ...Yet the Arms Control Wonk blog did identify a use for aluminum tubes. Yellowcake was in deposits all over Iraq and was the basis of a refining project producing fertilizer. That would have predated Joe Wilson's mission to Nigeria to verify Saddam Hussein's government had been trying to buy yellowcake, which was posited as a resource for making WMD. Wasn't it wonderfully convenient that Dick Cheney's office exposed the identity of Joe's wife as Valerie Plame, exposing the Brewster-Jennings spy networks and blinding the CIA nuclear threat desk by removing its field support.opithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621946866211400380noreply@blogger.com