Interesting thread.
I do find it interesting the accusations of lies inre Bush/Cheneys decision to invade Iraq. They must've of done a helluva sales job on Congress/Senate/United Nations. Makes you wonder why, after viewing the same intelligence, most of the dems in congress and senate jumped on the "Invade Hussien" bandwagon in the first place. Along with several foreign nations.
The invasion came about on the legs that UN resolutions weren't being honored by Hussien, and hadn't been enforced by anyone, prior to Geo. Bush Jr.
We do know that Iraq had WMD's at some point. Hell, there are documents from some of y'alls favorite dems saying that in fact, there WERE WMD's. Where they went isn't being released to the general public, but I suspect a border country has them. What kinds? Unknown to us.
As far as letting the punishment fit the crime: Lets see. Oh yeah. Sandy Berger took and destroyed classified documents that could have implicated Clinton inre his malfeasance in handling OBL. Berger got a 50,000 fine and a slap on the wrist.
Clinton lied to a grand jury. Sure, the reason he was in front of a grand jury is poo-pooed by his supplicants, but it did nonetheless, take the Clinton Admins attention off of world events. Clinton should have just admitted he was a philandering adulterer who tainted the Oval Office, and America could have loathed him till the end of his term. Now, Americans still loathe him and his decision to lie about it made it even worse.
Clintons lie, globally, is far more egregious than anything that Libby is taking the fall for. It took our eyes off more important matters. And yes, the republicans after his ass are just as much to blame. BUT, Billy should've kept his lizard in his levi's. To pun, "loose lips do sink ships."
Clinton DOES tie into current world fairs, whether some of you want to beleive it or not. Its no secret that the Clinton admin pulled all HUMINT, thats intelligence assets, from the hot-spots around the globe to fund some of his precious social programs, and cut the budget. He pretty much dismantled the military. A large part of the money spent to fund the wars we have now, was military REBUILDING.
The Bush admin is positively RIFE with faults. Bushs' support staff sucked (Rumsfeld the worse). But, the dems running the show right now are no better than their republican predecessors, so don't try to sell us on the idea that the GOP is worse than the DNC.
Pelosi better get a grip on the inmates running the asylum she has now. She is capitulating to interest groups that got them there (black caucus, moveon.org, American Communist Party, American Socialist Party, unions, gay-lesbo-transgender orgs, anti-gun, anti-hunting, and a host of other tax-draining entities). If she doesn't, 2008 will be a grim reckoning for them. Socialism is a hungry animal, and must be fed.