Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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What about the fact that the story was inappropriate because it was based on a lie? The story was about forged memos involved in the yellowcake uranium matter. I wonder why CBS would be leery of running a story based on forged memos- lol
The thrust of the stories was that the forged memos that showed Iraqi interest in the uranium is what fooled Bush and the other foreign- mainly British- intelligence services that investigated it. It was used by Bush as a rationale for action against Iraq.
Bush was soundly criticized by Joe Wilson and others after it was found out that the memos were forged.
The only thing is that Bush came out with his statement and the British intelligence report came out BEFORE the date on the memo. It had no influence on their decision. Wilson's story about this and other matters has been completely discredited. British and other foreign intelligence services have come fotht with additional evidence that Iraq indeed had expressed interest in purchasing the uranium. Maybe the fact that the thesis that the show was based on has been proven to be false is the reason that they decided that it was "inappropriate", but then again they are CBS, so you never know.