Libby's Beans

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott

Lewis “Scooter” Libby resigned last week amid charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements. As a member of the Bush gang’s inner circle, he’s probably just a fall guy for Dick Cheney. Somebody has to go, so why not an underling in the White House; a man who’s position is high enough in the government to look like the person who exposed a CIA agent [Valerie Plame]. But if Libby is all that he’s cracked up to be, then he has to be as smart and savvy as the guy he worked for, Richard Cheney.

So, doesn’t it stand to reason that the real culprit is the Vice President? Think about it: Cheney is the man who, it’s generally agreed, runs the White House. He had the means and motive to spoil one critic of the Iraq War, directly. You have to remember that 24 months ago, the war had already started. Bush gave out his rationale for invading Iraq and the Patriot Act had been passed. Clearly, Cheney is the brains behind the operation and the one who was pissed off at a dissenter, namely Joseph Wilson.

Are the members of the Bush gang vindictive? You bet they are and they choose their targets poorly. By naming a CIA operative, a capital offense, they snapped back like the passive aggressive behaviour of badger. The Press rolled over on Afghanistan and Iraq so they were under control. But a former ambassador in a simple op-ed article gets nailed because he pissed off a member of the gang.

As far as Libby is concerned, the charges are clear: he lied to a Grand Jury. He should have heeded Mark Twain’s advice: If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

That’s just my opinion. I could be wrong.