Ahmad Chalabi Breaks My Spirit

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Like a monster that will not die, Ahmad Chalabi is back in the headlines. Apparently everyone’s favorite Iraqi troublemaker has gotten himself a job leading the implementation of the surge from the Iraqi end. Story from the subscription-only Wall Street Journal site here, excerpts here.

I won’t even bother with this, because I trust all of you know Chalabi’s sordid history and because I’ve spent more brain-hours thinking about Chalabi in the last year than I care to count. But if you want to know why working with this character is bad, bad, bad idea for the American government, see all of the Chalabi entries in the Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline.

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