Re: British Government DOES say that SA gave Iraq Uranium

In-Reply-To: <B9BF6C0B.11F9%xjscott@...>
X. J. Scott wrote:

> It turns out that article is not a hoax and the source noncredible,
> despite
> your analysis of special british terms like whitepaper and such.

I don't know where you got this "hoax" idea from. Why do you insist on
polarising everything? It's probably a bad article done on sloppy
research. The article itself certainly isn't credible because it makes
basic errors about what it's reporting. They may have a reliable source
in the intelligence community, but how would we know?

> Of course, South Africa denies selling the uranium. SA is one of the
> world's
> BIGGEST suppliers of weapons-grade uranium.

So because they deny it, it must be true? That's the only new evidence
you've given.

> If it turns out that the South African government DID supply the
> uranium to
> Iraq, then my claims about Mandela would appear to be true unless you
> think
> he is an old cotter who just doesn't know what's going on.

No, it doesn't matter what he knows if he can't do anything about it. And
why would a former president know what the current government's doing in
secret anyway?

> And it does indeed cast a insightful light on Mandela's motivation in
> being
> very unhappy about the US going into Iraq. I have a feeling that we
> will go
> in there, we will find that Uranium, and we will trace it straight to
> the
> South African government, who is trying to make a little cash by selling
> weapons of mass-destruction to psychopathic dictators.

I have a feeling that when the troops finally get into Saddam's bunker,
they'll find pictures of Nelson Mandela in compromising positions with
underage rent boys. I don't have any evidence, but you never know, do
you?

> If South Africa truly did not supply Hussein with the uranium, then they
> have nothing to be concerned about the US going in and doing a very
> thorough
> inspection.

Of course they have something to be concerned about -- that the invasion
will cause the price of oil to rise further and deepen the world
recession.

If the British government *already* has evidence that South Africa has
been supplying uranium, what difference would it make if the actual item?
SA's best bet would be to suck up to the Americans and hope they hush
up any new evidence (as the current evidence has been -- there's no
other reason for the British dossier to avoid mentioning the African
country involved). And surely they're *more* likely to find it if weapons
inspectors go in than if a war starts anyway. Yet Mandela seems to be
against the war.

Graham

hi Jeff and Graham,

> From: <graham@...>
> To: <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:39 AM
> Subject: [metatuning] Re: British Government DOES say that SA gave Iraq
Uranium
>
>
> In-Reply-To: <B9BF6C0B.11F9%xjscott@...>
> X. J. Scott wrote:
>
> > If it turns out that the South African government DID
> > supply the uranium to Iraq, then my claims about Mandela
> > would appear to be true unless you think he is an old
> > cotter who just doesn't know what's going on.
>
> No, it doesn't matter what he knows if he can't do anything
> about it. And why would a former president know what the
> current government's doing in secret anyway?

i too was wondering what Mandela has to do with any of this.
isn't he just an ordinary citizen now?

-monz