With Plamegate pretty well covered by the speed-diarists, I thought I would write about the certain wagging of the dog that began this week and which will certainly continue past indictment week.
Of course the Bush admin puppet-masters have known that most prosecutors indict at the end of a GJ's term and have LOTS of fake news to put out in the weeks and months ahead. So, prepare yourselves world!
We'll see some saber-rattling, as with the Fighting Professor, Condi Rice with her whoopin-up rhetoric on Iran and/ or Syria.
We'll see some "bold," "popular," or "unprecedented" policy announcements, maybe some social security extension or such to complement the recent cost-of-living increases for SS.
And we'll likely see a small terrorist attack, likely orchestrated by cornered neo-cons who blame it on Iraqi insurgents "taking advantage of this Plame distraction."
Meanwhile, Rumsfeld continues to
aggravate China who, trying to maintain as much dignity as possible in the face of accusations of lying by the visiting Rumsfeld, is holding their tongue:
A senior defence official said the mixed signals included recent joint Sino-Russian military exercises that the US was not allowed to observe.
To which Rumsfeld's counterpart said something lame like, paraphrasing "No, we can't afford to secretly spend on our military." Riiight.
Rumsfeld is a bully and he and Condi are laying the groundwork for an invasion or some serious saber-rattling... and we all know why.
And when did we honestly answer questions from China about the fake evidence and subsequent lying war in Iraq? Why would they tell us jack shit, much less to the discredited Donald Rumsfeld?