Secondly, this is "Politics for Pros" where we talk about reality.
The reality to which I refer is outside the Beltway, something that you seem unable to see as regards Plamegate.
Allow me to re-post a portion of William Rivers Pitt's article from yesterday:
The Bush administration pushed very hard the idea that America is in danger from WMDs being placed into the hands of terrorists. This was one of the central arguments behind the war in Iraq. Yet in order to protect Bush's political standing, a couple of "administration officials" blew Valerie Plame, and by proxy her network, completely out of the water in an attempt to shut her husband up. In short, in order to protect Bush from the ramifications of using fake evidence to support his war, this White House destroyed an intelligence network that was protecting us from the threat posed by chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
This is not political fun and games, or misguided detours from the war on terror through disassociated Third World nations; this is a real threat to our national security, a REAL threat this time, and it was caused, and apparently abetted by, our own leaders.
The outrage this has provoked will not go away, nor should it. |
