US arrests 10 it says plotted to oust Laos' govt

Another case of incredible fucking hypocrisy.

U.S. prosecutors charged 10 people, including an ex-Laotian general, on Monday with seeking to topple the government of Laos in what they described as a dramatic cloak-and-dagger plot thwarted by an undercover agent posing as an arms dealer.

"These defendants had developed an audacious plan to overthrow the government of Laos, and were seeking to arm themselves with automatic rifles, rockets and surface-to-air missiles," Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein said.

This is only something Bush is allowed to do.

Hell, Robert Gates cautioned Turkey against sending troops into northern Iraq because that's Bush's perogative.

Chastise China for human rights? Abu Ghraib anyone?

Bush charges Iran of violating the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Duh, US and India?

And I could on and on, but am too lazy.

Notice a pattern here? Just asking.

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