First of all I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for my wonderful family and to all the brave servicemen and women defending our country.
On a different note, I discovered two important stories today. The first is the possibility of finding a chemical weapons lab in Iraq, and the other concerns a press release from Tyler Hamilton on his blood transfusion issue. The weapons lab story needs some more time to play out, but it certainly indicates that the WMD issue is not over and perhaps still a viable reason for the invasion of Iraq. Regardless, the invasion was still necessary and justified but to find a WMD lab is just icing on the cake.
Tyler Hamilton's press release, if true, shows a major cause for concern with the validity of WADA and the dope testing procedures in general. I tend to believe Tyler Hamilton as my personal experiences with him were nothing but positive and I also "hope" he's clean. But the testing society needs to make sure that what they are indicating and accusing is undeniably the truth. Lives and reputations can be ruined with a simple false-negative test. Not only does the sport need clean riders (to which I applaud rigorous testing), but the testing society needs reputable tests. Otherwise, it's like the elections in the former Soviet Union or of a current third world country. Rigged and nobody trusts or believes the outcome. I'm not for letting cycling turn into a sport full of conspiracy and doubt.
