That's the Bush doctrine in a nutshell, that is.

I find it amazing how the public gets upset, how the US Congress actually gets involved as soon as the media publishes real news. I think it's rather obvious that newspapers and TV could report on other crimes of the US government in the same way, and lots of them - Afghanistan, Iraq I, Iraq II, Haiti, Israel, ... were to stop with this list.

Nobody should be surprised that this is Rumsfeld's attitude, because it's the same attitude all the Bushies have about anything they do. Punish anyone else severely, but if we do something, we had good intentions -- or in even plainer English, the rules we force you to follow don't apply to us. Schmucks.

Mr. Farley, by the way, is brilliant. If one has never seen his alternate history web comic about the invasion of Afghanistan, The Spiders, one should.

I believe Spiders has been noted on Electrolite before. It is indeed outstanding.

My guess was it has. But never hurts to flack it, and it seems especially a propos today.

Thanks for re-linking to Spiders, I must have missed it last time. Fascinating.

The Economist's leader this week is "Rumsfeld, Resign." And the picture of the hooded Iraqi wired up and standing on a box on its front cover.

But then again, The Economist is just some loony leftist rag...

Forget the Economist... go take a look at this week's Sports Illustrated....

Terry

Bill Wilson quotes some folks on the dangers of judging oneself by intent and others by actions.

Leaves me wondering, if Bill Clinton met the laundry list of ACOA and George W. Bush is a dry drunk are we all AlAnon chasing fascinating, exciting but dangerous leaders?