This is the golden age of unaccountability. In the past
week, Bush’s Brain Karl Rove and the Bush Administration stenographer, New York
Times reporter Judith Miller, have both refused to apologize for their roles in
selling the disastrous Iraq war to the American people. Like the snakes that
they are, they both wriggled and squirmed and hissed indignant rejoinders to
those who believe in the antiquated concept of justice. Having thrown the gas
and lit the match that set the Middle East on fire, Rove and Miller and Cheney
and all of the other pyromaniacs associated with President Bush retain their
jobs and esteemed status in Washington.
Despite sending thousands of Americans and hundreds of
thousands of Iraqis to their deaths, sparking violent clashes throughout the
region and creating new terrorist groups, no one is paying any price for one of
the biggest international blunders in American history. Obama’s reluctance to
bring anyone to justice over the Iraq debacle is maddening. Clinton was impeached
for lying about a brief romantic fling, yet no one today has the courage to
indict actual war criminals who were responsible for torture and untold death
and destruction.
The rewriters of history are already trying to work their
magic by claiming the Bush Administration didn’t actually “lie” to the American
people, but were simply misled by the intelligence. This is, of course, a
blatant lie, but as time goes by, who knows which version of events will become
the historical record. With their power, influence and money, the Bush’s have a
long record of avoiding accountability and escaping punishment. Why should Iraq
be any different?
