To be honest, there’s so much crap that comes out about the Iraq war and the Bush administration, I didn’t think this story would have legs. This morning, CNN was covering the torture story with such vigor, you’d think Michael Jackson was involved. They kept cutting back and forth between various expert, reporters in Iraq, footage of Bush’s interview, and reporters at the White House and senate. In less than ten minutes I the anchor asked both “What did the president know and when did he know it?” and “Will the President be asking for Rumsfeld’s resignation?” In the little that I saw, it seemed like they were already setting up Rumsfeld as the fall guy.

And speaking of smelling blood, Tom Tomorrow’s response to the pupdates about soldiers murdering Iraqi prisoners is exactly what I would have written :

What the hell is going on over there?

This isn’t a few bad apples. This is systemic rot.

Stick a fork in us, we’re done. We have officially lost the battle for hearts and minds. We have officially failed as representatives of enlightened democracy.
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You know what this says to the Iraqis? Your lives are worthless. Our people can murder you at will, and receive barely a reprimand.

I wonder is al Qaeda is having problems recruiting people these days?