It looks as if Scooter Libby will be taking a Federal vacation, all expenses paid.
In my opinion, he's getting off easy- - he blew the cover of a secret agent who was actually trying to
stop terrorists during a time of war, an act I would label as
treason.
Libby's attorney had one of the weakest defense arguments heard since Nuremburg.
He blamed his client's incompetence- not his
mental competence
re: his ability to stand trial- he cited the fact that Libby and his bosses
suck at their jobs.
"
You can't expect him to be responsible for his own words and actions", explained the defense, "
because he was too busy fucking up on a global scale to be bothered with details...":
"The wheels were falling off the Bush administration" in the summer of 2003,
Wells argued. How could Libby, serving Cheney as both chief of staff and
national security adviser, remember Plame's job when 100,000 U.S. troops were in
Iraq and hadn't found the weapons of mass destruction the administration had
cited to justify the war? Wells asked.
"And he still had his day job of
trying to prevent another 9/11" terrorist attack, Wells said.
He's correct in one thing- the wheels were already detaching from the
Bushmobile in 2003.
Not that they were ever on very tight in the first place.
This part is a flat-out lie:
"And he still had his day job of trying to prevent another 9/11" terrorist
attack, Wells said.
If preventing another terrorist attack was actually part of Libby's job description, we'd all be blown to pieces by now-by his own lawyer's admission Scooter can't handle his job.
Who would expect the National Security advisor to know that revealing the identity of an American undercover intelligence agent was a
bad idea?
Libby deserves a Gary Gilmore award.
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Meanwhile, the "war on Terra" continues to be a smashing success.
BushCo has done such a wonderful job of spreading freedom that men in Pakistan and Afghanistan are afraid to shave their beards- because the Taliban might kill them or their barber for doing so.
Wait.
Wasn't "Mission Accomplished"?
If Mission
was Accomplished, how come the Taliban are issuing Islamic Fashion Statements that double as death threats?
"The government is unable to protect us so we will abide by what the
Taliban tells us to do and stop shaving beards," said Niamat, a barber in Khar,
the headquarters of the Bajaur tribal agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan
border.
And the Taliban mean business, On Sunday night, bombs destroyed two
barber shops and three others suffered partial damage after the owners refused
to follow the orders.
"I am a Muslim and I know that no one can force me to
shave or not to shave. This should be my decision," said Nasir, a regular
customer, wearing a green turtleneck sweater and jeans. "But I was threatened.
They asked if I will obey the new laws; I will obey because I am afraid."
"...
I will obey because I am afraid."
Uh, that's not what 'liberated' civilians are
supposed to say... weren't we
supposed to have been greeted by cheering crowds?
Five years after we invaded, the Taliban are still in charge. We control an airport outside of Kabul- barely. Every day brings another step backwards.
If you are a soldier or Marine, there are worse places to be sent than Baghdad, Kabul being one.
Tehran would be another.
If you think that it sucks to be losing two wars simultaneously, consider that it could be worse.
If
BushCo gets it's way, we will soon be losing
three wars at the same time- bad news for everyone that
isn't a war-profiteer.
On the bright side, it won't be
three wars for long- history tells us that if one nation starts enough "little wars", they
metastasize and become one BIG war.
On the down side, history tells us that the aggressor always loses these wars.
