Says Maureen Dowd in the NYTimes;
"Ahmad Chalabi - convicted embezzler in Jordan, suspected Iranian spy, double-crosser of America, purveyor of phony war-instigating intelligence - is the new acting Iraqi oil minister."
COULD THE INSURGENCY REALLY BE PROOF THAT THE "NEW GOVERNMENT" IS A FRAUD AND WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GOVERN IN IRAQ?
OF COURSE!
It is no secret that NOTHING CAN HAPPEN in Iraq WITHOUT clearance from the US Embassy in the Green Zone..... And Chalabi rode in with the Americans and could be "the devil we know," or just the devil we unleashed.
But, the US will NEVER be able to govern Iraq, (with or without puppets and fellow travelers), FROM INSIDE THE GREEN ZONE.
For the most part the current GOVERNMENT OF EXILES is seen as illegitimate by many Iraqis. And I seriously doubt that ANY real government WILL BE established while the US occupation continues.
THE US PRESENCE TAINTS EVERYTHING...AS ANYONE WOULD SUSPECT.
But of course we can't leave, because we're really there to "protect" the oil fields.....not to "protect women's rights."
Yes.....there will be "talks" and "meetings," but nothing will be done unless and until REAL IRAQIS are running the day to day affairs of the country.
And alas, these are now, more or less, the local militias and/or the local clerics...Shia, Sunni and Kurd.
CHALABI AT THE OIL MINISTRY IS MERELY A "RED FLAG" HIGHLIGHTING THE NOTION THAT THIS "ELECTED GOVERNMENT" IN IRAQ WILL NEVER GOVERN. IT'S A BAD JOKE REALLY.
Get used to this...and a lot of "what comes next" will seem more believable.......
