An article in today's NYT discusses the Plamegate case in it's historical perspective. Basically, their conclusion is, the whole thing boils down to the battle between the Neocon Warhawks and the CIA analysts that wouldn't co-operate, and the cliques that formed around them. The Neocons (headed by Cheney) wouldn't except any information that did not meld with their (warped) world view, and the analysts did not want to vet any information they felt was false, misleading, or misinterpreted.
I truly believe that the Neocons believed their view was correct, and that the CIA was (as always, in their opinion) trying to subvert and obstruct their efforts. This struggle dates back more than a decade, to the first Bush presidency. The fact that they believed they were correct, however, does not remove the fact that that view was simplistic, arrogant, bereft of connection to the real world, monomaniacal, and, ultimately, self-destructive. Certainty does not equal validity. Hell, Hitler thought he was doing the right thing (no, I'm not comparing Cheney to Hitler... although it's tempting.)
If these fools were capable of learning, I'd hope that the unraveling of their plot against Wilson (and the others that were sacrificed in the run up to and the subsequent defense of the war) would teach them that reality is the base upon which they should build their suppositions, not the reverse. However, even if the whole 'gang' is indicted and convicted (disregarding the probability of a Presidential pardon... some things are in the genes), I doubt it will change their outlooks a WHIG...er whit. These morons are incapable of learning, growth, or change. And, after all, isnt all this just the criminalization of politics?
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