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May 20, 2004
The Hand That Feeds

There's been a lot of noise in blogistan recently about the growing disfavor in which everyone's favorite con man and pet rock, Ahmed Chalabi, has been finding himself. Only yesterday the Pentagon figured out what even the supporters of the Iraq War have known for a year now: that Chalabi was a con-man whose "intel" was worth its weight in Saddam-era dinars.

Which is to say, it makes a great substitute for toilet paper if you happen to be short on such commodities while deployed.

Now we have breaking news that our boys in chocolate chip camo have raided Chalabi's home "looking for something":

Chalabi's nephew, Salim Chalabi, said the forces entered his uncle's home, put a gun to Chalabi's head and threatened him.

CNN staff on the scene saw a group of Iraqi civilians inside the compound under guard by Iraqi police and U.S. military.

In addition, an SUV was backed into the garage of the compound with people dressed in civilian clothes carrying out files from inside the headquarters.

Chalabi has been conning this country for a long time now. He shares a portion of the blame for the lies that allowed Bush to take this country to war, and it was his "intel" which perpetuated many of the myths still being paraded as facts. He set himself up as the neocon lap dog, willing to tell the hawks in Washington whatever they wanted to hear in exchange for an ongoing subsidy and a shot at real power once Baghdad fell. And he's been screwing us the whole time, in increasingly blatant ways.

I think Chalabi's about to find out what happens when a lap dog bites the hand that's been feeding it.

Posted by Catsy at 05:36 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
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