Neocons

Since I give a lot of stick to ABC Radio National Breakfast, it's only fair for me to mention that they recently hosted not one but two 'neocons'. I haven't listened to this session yet, so it remains to be seen if these guys get the same reverential treatment accorded to Robert Fisk, or General William Odom. Still, if you've followed the link above, you will have seen that the signs aren't promising:

With the violence continuing in Iraq on a daily basis and with support for America's involvement in Iraq waning in the United States, you might be forgiven for thinking the neoconservative moment is over.

Dream on, kids. And anyway, those evil neocons are about other things than just the democracy movement in Iraq.

Lewis 'Scooter' Libby is facing jail time for leaking the name of an undercover CIA operative

Okay class, pay attention. For the hundredth time, Libby was not indicted for blowing the cover of top-secret super-spy and Vanity Fair model Valerie Plame. He was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and perjury - serious charges to be sure, but on grounds which have been growing ever flimsier since the indictment was brought.