Haven't forgotten about Saddam - he's part of the Presidential Auction 2004

But then, what isn't? I mean, really. Israel will not remove settlements from Gaza before the election because it might cause more Palestinian violence, which would look bad for Bunnypants. Saddam's trial needs to be held in concert with the elections to remind us that Bunnypants was in charge when the evil bogeyman was squashed. The WTC attacks are making a nice backdrop for campaign commercials. Now, if we can throw bin Laden into the mix. Voila! Bunnypants in 2004! The whole world is part of his campaign. Isn't that amazing? And you thought it was only a national affair.

Following a White House directive, the Justice Department is sending a high-level team of prosecutors and investigators to Iraq to take charge of assembling and organizing the evidence to be used in a war crimes trial of Saddam Hussein, administration and Iraqi officials said in recent days.

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There. Satisfied. Everything will be totlly above-board.

The previously undisclosed directive signed by Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, directs the government to take the initiative in preparing a case against Mr. Hussein that will ultimately be run by Iraqis. The order, issued in January, gives the Justice Department the authority to act as the lead agency in the effort.

Because why? Shouldn't this be an Iraqi trial? Let's let another country come over here and try Mr. Bush. Whaddya say? Let me think....how about Venezuela? Cuba?

The group will be assigned to a new office called the Regime Crimes Adviser's Office under the American occupation authority...."We're trying to balance a bunch of interests here," said one senior administration official. "We intend to bring quite a few resources to the table but not too many so it looks like a completely American process."

Yeah. We wouldn't want it to look that way.

They are apparently in a hurry now for the trial, because they want to have Saddam's horrors on American's minds when they vote in November.

Salem Chalabi, the Iraqi lawyer in charge of the war crimes issue, said in a recent interview that while he understood the administration's political needs, the trials might not occur until late in the year, after the American elections, and that Mr. Hussein might not even be the first defendant. "We need and welcome the Americans' help and role in this," Mr. Chalabi, nephew of Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, said in a telephone interview from Iraq. "But no one should misunderstand that this will be an Iraqi process with decisions by Iraqis."

And damned those Chalabis, huh President Costume? You just don't know which way they are going to pull on that ring in your nose. But, then, hey, you hooked 'em up to it.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


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