Humiliation

Harry Shearer had this Sunday on his wonderful Le Show program, and now Digby is picking it up too. Among the many bewildering lines coming out of last week's Presidential debate ("You forgot Poland," "I don't know how he's going to pay" for homeland security, "I know bin Laden attacked us! I know that!") was this claim that "The A.Q. Khan network has been brought to justice." Even Wolf Blitzer was roused from his slumber to question Condi Rice on this one:

BLITZER: To justice? The guy has been -- Khan has been freed. He's been pardoned by President Musharraf... Khan himself lives in a villa. And the IAEA would like to question him, and the Pakistani government doesn't even allow that to happen.

RICE: I think we all know that A.Q. Khan was a particular kind of figure in Pakistani lore, a national hero... if you don't think that his national humiliation is justice for what he did, I think it is. He's nationally humiliated.

That's what you get for selling nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran, and any other rogue state on the international terrorist watch list?  You get humiliation?  What, did he have to walk around with a "I sold nuclear secrets" sandwich sign like Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Humiliation is the ultimate justice, didn't you know? That's why we laughed and pointed at the last bin Laden video, and made fun of his turban! We were bringing him to justice! The Justice Department ought to be renamed "The Humiliation Department."

Thank you, Letterman, Conan, and Jon Stewart for bringing people to justice every day!