The New Zealand Herald Wonders...

Will Bush invade Cuba next? The editors discount a larger war on tyranny...

"So in picking where the US might strike next there is no point in looking at other countries that would welcome freedom from tyranny. Zimbabwe and Kazakhstan, for example, are probably not on any White House liberation list. Nor are Pakistan, Burma or Algeria. The Bush Administration does not see any threat to US security from those countries as it says it did from Saddam Hussein's Iraq."

They further dismiss considerations only on WMD, since North Korea is sliding, and we seemed much more concerned with regime change anyway. So they eventually determine that maybe it's just about settling scores...

"It is possible that the President's now proven penchant for settling old scores will put Cuba next in his sights. Electoral considerations in Florida could support that target. And North Korea demands early scrutiny even if the Administration believes it is merely attention-seeking. But the most nervous country now must be Syria, accused last week of aiding Iraq's resistance. Syria provides a refuge for a number of terrorist groups operating in Israel and Lebanon. It does not appear to directly threaten the US but as Iraq has proved, the White House will be the sole judge of that."

Wow. That's quite a line up of possibilities. A war in Cuba to ensure Florida in 2004? I have to admit that thought never crossed my mind.

What it does tell me is the suspicion and conspiracy have gone too far. Too establishment. End the secrecy. It's clear we need to clean up politics in this country, implement true campaign finance reform, and get back to discussion and debate of issues, and not personalities and scandal. Otherwise, we might just get wagged right into Armageddon.