Wednesday, December 08, 2010



It couldn't happen to a nicer guy

Almost 8 years after the criminal invasion of Iraq, one of its architects is finally facing criminal charges. But sadly, its not for war crimes, but for corruption. Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has been charged with bribery in Nigeria over a $US182 million bribery scandal which happened during his former career as CEO of Halliburton. Halliburton has already admitted to the crime in the USA, and paid $US177 million to settle the case with the SEC (because obviously, they couldn't possibly send wealthy executives to jail for corporate malfeasance - just punish their shareholders instead!). But the Nigerians, its actual victims, want justice too. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy...