and worse again...

The U.S. has a long history, law and policy of not having other countries interfere with our politics and elections, or so to speak. In the reverse, the U.S. is not supposed to interfere with the politics and elections in other countries. Now, we all know that this is not exactly, in the strictist sense, true. Covert maneuvering happens all of the time. Usually, it is not very blatant. This one is, blatant.

From Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish:

So Cheney goes to Australia and meets with John Howard who tells him that the Hicks case is killing him in Australia, and he may lose the next election because of it. Hicks's case is then railroaded to the front of the Gitmo kangaro court line, and put through a "legal" process almost ludicrously inept, with two of Hicks' three lawyers thrown out on one day, then an abrupt plea-bargain, with a transparently insincere confession. Hicks is then given a mere nine months in jail in Australia, before being set free. Who negotiated the plea-bargain? Hicks' lawyer. Who did he negotiate with? Not the prosecutors, as would be normal, but Susan J. Crawford, the top military commission official. Who is Susan J. Crawford? She served as Dick Cheney's Inspector General while he was Defense Secretary.

If you remember, John Howard, Australian Prime Minister, makes most of our right wingnuts look leftist. He has taken Australia more to the right than down-under. He also is the man who lectured Barak Obama publicly, directly in deference to no political interference. His re-election is in peril because of the Bush gitmo blundering. We owe Howard, so Mr. Cheney and friends are going to cover the debt.

very interesting... good ole boys doing favors for their mates.

King George W and Crown Prince Cheney are not satisfied with ruling the country; they want an empire and they will use their kangaroo court to help accomplish it.