I'm stuck in the tardis

So far, the whole Yellowcake story hasn't gotten the investigation that it deserves. Keep in mind that, at the bottom of all of this, are some crudely forged documents alleging that Iraq attempted to buy Yellowcake Uranium from the African country of Niger. Former ambassador Joe Wilson was sent to check out the story and reported it to the Bush administration as bullshit, only to have the rumor reported as fact in, of all places, the president's State Of The Union address. The alleged Uranium purchase was subsequently used by the Bush Administration as one of the foundations for attacking Iraq. Mr. Wilson then wrote a damning report about the whole deal that pissed off The President's Men who, in turn, decided to exact revenge by revealing the true occupation of Wilson's wife, Ms. Valerie Plame.

Lewis "Scooter" Libby is merely a fall guy. He is being offered as a sacrifice, in an attempt to diffuse the situation. I hope that it fails. I hope that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald continues his probe, and that Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney himself are ultimately brought up on charges.

I doubt that Bush will ever be impeached. Reagan set the standard for this back in the mid 80's when he plead ignorance, and claimed that he was "not in the loop" when his administration was caught red handed in the Iran-Contra incident. Look what happened then. One of the people who was in the loop, Vice President George Bush, went on to be president in his own right, and now his son sits in the chair.

No, as much as I wish otherwise, I'm afraid that no matter what comes of this case, the scoundrels who are ruining the world now will continue to do so in the future. The people of the world are just not smart enough to stop them.