CHUTZPAH AWARD

The Vatican weighs in on the abuse scandal. Yep, the Vatican. At least we didn’t cover this up for decades, did we?

FROM BAGHDAD: One Iraqi isn’t letting the abuse scandal get him down:

Just to say Hellow and to let you know that I am still around. This latest fiasco smells to me. It smells really bad. Abuses there seems to have been, but who took the photos, and the timing, isn’t it too convenient? But you must know this: All this has not shaken my support for the liberation one little bit, nor my absolute conviction of the justice and nobility of the “Project”. If some of you have seen fit to appologize to us about the behaviour of some of your “scum”; we must also appologize to you for the behaviour of so many of our “scum”.

There are, indeed, questions. Who took the photos? How did they get out? Why were digital cameras allowed in Abu Ghraib in the first place? We will, I suppose, find out.