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08 septiembre Are Apologies in OrderRecent news reports have former State Department official Richard Armitage admitting to being Robert Novak's source identifying Valerie Plame as a CIA operative. After three year's of investigations, with most critics directing blame towards President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and VP aid "Scooter" Libby, the truth is coming to light. It makes one wonder what impact this revelation will have.
Will all those who have directed their efforts at impugning the name of the President and Vice President apologize for their comments? Will they abandon their unsupported conspiracy theories about the White House attempting to destroy those with differing opinions (unlike liberals who support diverse viewpoints, just ask Senator Lieberman)? Will they ask that the charges against Scooter Libby be dropped, or will they continue to pursue him as a consolation prize? Will those driven by their hatred of President Bush be able to accept the admission from Armitage?
Another set of questions must be directed at Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald. When was it discovered that Armitage was the source, instead of Libby and/or Cheney, as many believed? If there are unclassified documents identifying Plame as a CIA operative, including where she worked, has any crime been committed? If we have an admission from the source of the information, with no intention of pursuing legal action against that individual, is it time for apologies to those falsely pursued and dissolution of this office of independent counsel?
In the desire to malign an administration they despise, a great many false claims and accusations have been made. The Plame's themselves filed suit against the administration because of their mistaken belief they were targeted by the President and Vice President. Apparently, their claims have less validity than they would like to claim.
Of course, any realist understands that this will all be labeled as part of the conspiracy. Armitage is being a "fall guy." Conspiracy theorists will determine that he is being paid large sums of money with lots of promises of protection for doing this. His action to protect the White House will be repaid. As usual, there will be no evidence to support this theory, but it won't take long before a few whackos present this as some sort of proven fact. And we'll start the whole process over, again.
Until then, at least, I'll be waiting to see how many apologies are printed in the same full page ads that were used to accuse the White House of illegal actions. Comentarios (4)Para agregar un comentario, inicia sesión con tu cuenta de Windows Live ID (si utilizas Hotmail, Messenger o Xbox LIVE, ya tienes una cuenta de Windows Live ID). Iniciar sesión ¿No tienes una cuenta de Windows Live ID? Regístrate
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