NYT-Chalabi and al-Sadr joining forces for an anti-U.S. govt

[Richardson08]

Talk about ironies

possibly anti-American alliance that is looming between Ahmad Chalabi, the former exile and Pentagon favorite, and Moktada al-Sadr, the firebrand cleric who ignited two deadly uprisings against the Americans and the interim government.

After falling out with the Americans last spring, Mr. Chalabi has recast himself as a pious Shiite and is pursuing a coalition with Mr. Sadr, who has a zealous following. An anti-American platform would have widespread support.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/international/middleeast/07election.html?oref=login

Saddam in power was a better option than a Shite government

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Saddam in power was a better option than a Shite government

Too bad all the little brainiacs in and around the wh couldn't see this coming... our country has been led down the garden path by a bunch of morons who have not and are not being held accountable for their failures in judgement, their failures in picking alliances (Chalabi) their failures to secure the country after the illegal invasion, their failures to create a better climate within our own borders.

They should all be fired and I am sure that they know this themselves.

[BeHereNow]

12. Buh-buh-but...

Now we are protected from abortion
doctors and HOMOSEXUALS...moral values are secure!
(Sarcasm OFF.)

You know what is REALLY fucked up about this
situation?
The people in this country will not even remember
the Chalabi disaster and the fact that their
shining leader employed him a few short months ago.
THAT is what is truly fucked up.
bhn

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Hard to disagree with that.... impossible actually. How convenient

for people prone to making mistake upon mistake.

[BeHereNow]

23. Ask your average 'Murikkkan, "Who is Chalabi?"

They will scratch their head, roll their eyes up to
simulate deep thinking and reply,
"Well...seems to me he makes that wine that comes
in the gallon jugs...right?"
Convenient is right, convenient to keep the populace
ignorant and therefore complacent.
Gimme some dat Chalabi Chardonnay...um, um, good.
bhn

[leftchick]

33. and he was making a cool 3 mil a year...

US Tax free dollars!

[natrat]

14. maybe they are just such fucked up people

that it's natural for them to do wrong

[cubsfan forever]

2. Memo to Chimpy:

You said "bring 'em on," and now they are "bringing it on."
Careful what you ask for..

Professor 2

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Damn. Now the WH will have to get busy with Photoshop

and obliterate Chalabi from his spot next to Laura in the pictures from the SOTU.

[hatrack]

4. Gee, what'll Sam Brownback (R - Eocene) say now?

He just couldn't kiss Chalabi's butt enough in those happy golden days of late 2002. What'll he say now?

[PatriotGames]

17. That was truly disgusting. Now he better eat crow.

[paulk]

36. since he just won re-election with 40% more of the vote

than his opponent - he'll say whatever he pleases.

And the fine people of Kansas who re-elected him will scratch their
asses and say, "duh!"

[saigon68]

5. Sounds like these 2 will soon be Vaporized to mush.

The CIA will never tolerate this.

The Agency wants Boot-Lick Allawi to allow the NeoCon corporations unfettered access to LOOT the country.

[bemildred]

30. A watchful eye would seem called for.

There could be an unfortunate accident or a "terrorist" attack.

[Union Thug]

6. AHAHAHAHAH.. .This is just beautiful irony...

Sometimes the universe is just.

[0007]

7. Poetic justice in slow motion

[PatriotGames]

18. Too bad mainstream america doesn't see it.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. No wonder Chalabi was getting so cozy with the Iranians

I wonder how many state secrets he's given away to our enemies?

[SoCalDem]

9. and to think he played "footsie" with Laura at the SOU..

:)

[Nihil]

10. *Snort*

> Mr. Chalabi has recast himself as a pious Shiite ...

... just like Georgie then - he thinks he is a pious Shite too!

[PatriotGames]

19. Errr, you mean shit, right! LOL

[donkeyotay]

11. wonder if we'll have that investigation into passed state secrets now?

Hahaha. Just kidding. Is the universe sadistic, or has this tragedy really become comic?

[Nordic]

15. Holy shit! This is a huge story!

That's a real mind-bender!

[PatriotGames]

20. This really is a non-story as most people won't notice it.

[Richardson08]

26. I heard Imus and Jim Miklakewski(NBC)talking about it this morning

but none of the other morning shows brought it up

Scott Peterson is more important

[killbotfactory]

16. Chalabi's a piece of shit, just like the neocons he conned into this war

Glad to see his true colors shining through.

[underpants]

21. Thanks for invading and clearing the way for me there George

Once again W gets played.

[Straight Shooter]

22. Bwahahahaha! Chalabi knows where all the bodies are buried!

They tried to arrest him, they even tried to assassinate him. Bwahahaha, I can't stop laughing. pResident FUBAR, you are a never-ending riot of inanities and incompetence.

Chalabi, you little piece of sh*t, throw yourself onto bush and make him stink!!

Bwahahahaha. I have never seen Karma operate so fast. The Universe is PISSED at pResident FUBAR.

Excuse my laughter, I once laughed at someone who pointed a gun at my face, it's a psychologically disturbing trait I happen to have, to laugh at morbidity.

[Roland99]

24. You just HAVE to love it!!

CIA kicks Chalabi out in 1996 because they realize he's full of shit.

Feith bends over and lets Chalabi fuck him up the ass for $300,000/mo. for his INC lackeys and mounds of fraudulent intelligence that is stovepiped up to the highest levels of our government as "proof" that Saddam had WMDs and needed to be taken out.

When the shit hits the fan about the bad data, Chalabi gets booted out *again* and then is labeled a spy for Iran to discredit him and distance the administration from him.


Now he's sidling up with al-Sadr in attempts to form what would be an antagonistic government to the U.S.



Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

[DulceDecorum]

25. al Sadr is screwed.

Chalabi is NOT someone to be trusted.

But then again,
Sadr's mom did not raise a fool......

[DinahMoeHum]

27. Ha ha-ha ha-ha ha (singsong) Like I've said, Bush LOST Iraq !!

He and Karl Rove got out-conned by a master of that game.

:evilgrin:

[truthseeker1]

28. Um....people, stop to think for a minute

Chalabi (still an agent for the CIA) and Sadr working together can bring Iran into the mess in Iraq, thereby giving the U.S. reason to strike Iran "pre-emptively."

Problem-Reaction-Solution

[Nordic]

31. yeah. That's part of the mind-bending part

You'd think Al Sadr would steer WAY clear of Chalabi.

You'd think everybody should steer clear of him.

Why isn't he in jail?

(oh right. Same reason GWB isn't in jail)

[Charles19]

29. Shiites running the gov't almost as bad as slavery south running US!

But I would take Shiites over Evangelicals any day.

[pinniped]

32. Such gratitude after Chalabi was invited to monkeyboy's SOTU...

and given a seat next to the piece of shit's stupid wife.

Doesn't this make monkeyboy a collaborator?

Send them both to Gitmo!

[hippiechick]

34. Par for the course, really ...

We installed Saddam Hussein, the Shah of Iran, Manuel Noriega, and Goddess knows how many others, that eventually bit us in the ass.

Just continuing 50 years of FUBAR'd international intervention ...



:hippie:

[CBHagman]

35. I want to know how much we paid Chalabi.

He was on the payroll at the Defense Department, if I recall correctly, for a very hefty sum. That's our money, folks. When's the investigation?

D'oh! The GOP controls all branches of government, so I guess we don't get one, and our money is as good as burnt.

But they'll still ask us for more to pour down the rabbit hole.

[maddezmom]

38. millions and millions

wish the search functions was working...when it comes back on search my name and Chalabi.

[Bucky]

37. They're natural allies, both being Iranian puppets

Gawd, the Bushies are such a bunch of suckers. I reckon it's too late to have the CIA "do" Chalabi, huh?

[Straight Shooter]

39. The CIA already tried to assassinate Chalabi

He outsmarted them!

And then he said to himself, well, if Osama could be trained by them and run and hide and cause them to wet their pants, so can I.

[acmavm]

40. This is one great big cosmic Karma payback. Hey bush*, your boy

Chalabi just give you the one fingered victory sign.