Nice Try, Condi

The "Devil's Handmaiden," Condoleezza Rice, tries to explain "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying" in today's NY Times. The meat of her argument is that Iraq has lied, plagiarized, hidden, and excised crucial information about its weapons program, in flagrant violation of the UN. Because of this pattern of obfuscation, she writes, "time is running out."

Considering that the US used extortion to get 1441 passed, habitually disregards inconvenient UN resolutions, lies blatantly about Iraq's role in world affairs, and has done a hefty editing job with Iraq's weapons declaration means this argument is not one that the Rice can make in good faith, especially when hopping onto her Truth Ferry means war.

The burden of proof for resorting to war is extraordinarily high, and this administration is not even close. And, of course, this is all notwithstanding the fact that the preoccupation with WMDs, UN violations, international law, etc. is merely a smokescreen for the US' larger, strategic ambitions.