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Originally Posted by Arbuste  It was pretty obvious from the start that Bush was behind all this. That, or he's just the idiot pawn some say he is. And I don't think he's that dumb.
I also believe it's a nasty trick he pulled on that CIA woman. Even if it does not put her life in danger (and I don't know about that) it sends a pretty bad message to all the people who are working for their country / government.
But the fact is that it shouldn't be ground to impeach a President of the US. It shouldn't even be discussed. Presidents and high officials do a lot of nasty stuff. Some of it for their country, some of it for themselves, but still. It's part of the job description.
All in all, no big deal.
Obviously, the Clinton impeachment thing was even more ridiculous. What's even MORE ridiculous is how ignorant of how ridiculous it was so many Americans are.
Edit: But maybe I don't get it. I'm sure someone is gonna barge in and explain why Clinton was a dirty socialo-communisto-nazi who betrayed his nations to the Mexicans and Bush is somehow making all this for you, for the American people. But who? Who is up to the task? I can't wait. IBTKR. |
K, really trying to be civil here, for the sake of discussion, so let's put it all on the table, what really happened. Valerie Plame's husband was publicly critical of Bush policy. Bush and Cheney, in order to get political revenge on his, OUTED A COVERT CIA AGENT. Classified information was released and a coverup to prevent the public from knowledge of that disclosure was performed. Not only was Plame outed, but her shell company was outed as a CIA cover for agents. Who knows how many agents were outed, how many operations were put in jeopardy, how many people are dead.
This woman was working on stifling nuclear proliferation in Iraq and Iran. OOPS.
This is not no big deal, this is a huge deal. If you or I did this we would be put to death. It is treason, plain and simple.
