Republican Indictments

This week, indictments are expected in the Valerie Plame case. I am reminded, somewhat, of Al Capone. He committed many horendous crimes, and what did he finally go to prison for? Income tax evasion.

The Bush administration lied to the American people in making their case for war. They lied specifically relating to this case. It is assumed that the reason for the leak was retribution against Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband, who exposed as fraud the claims of the Bush administration that Iraq had attempted to purchase uranium from Niger. Would anyone ever think of indicting anyone for lying to the American people and invading a country, killing over 100,000 Iraqi people, as well as thousands of American troops? Of course not, because that somehow isn't a crime, at least under the American justice system.

No matter who is indicted, even if it is Cheney himself (and I am keeping my fingers crossed that he will be), they still will have gotten away with the worst of their crimes. What does that say about our justice system, and our culture in general?