Then there is the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. This appears to be working its way up the chain of command toward the E-Ring of the Pentagon and even the West Wing of the White House. If orders went out to ignore the Geneva Convention, and prisoners who had nothing to do with terrorism were abused or tortured, or died in captivity, famous heads could roll.
http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=2759
Later this summer, the 9-11 commission reports. It seems certain to single out Wolfowitz and administration neoconservatives along the line of argument of Richard Clarke's Against All Enemies – for an obsession with Iraq that blinded the White House to the real and present danger of bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
The Night of the Long Knives has begun. The military and CIA are stabbing the neocons front, back and center, laying responsibility on them for the mess in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Balkan wars of the American Right have reignited, with even the normally quiescent Beltway conservatives scrambling to get clear of the neocon encampment before the tomahawking begins.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
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