Comments on: Chalabi still in charge of de-Baathification in Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: more http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1460233 more Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:36:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1460233 It looks like they're De-Baathifying at the rate of 30 or more a day turning up in ditches. It looks like they’re De-Baathifying at the rate of 30 or more a day turning up in ditches.

]]> By: fatima http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1457846 fatima Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:02:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1457846 <strong>My latest information says Chalabi is in London where his family lives </strong>. when he arrived in 2003 the first thing he did send his envoy Mithal al Allusi to Israel to attend a so called War on terror conference, mithal al allusi brother has business deals in North kurdistan with Israeli US businessmen. Mr Mithal Al allusi Had both his sons killed a few months after his trip to israel . My latest information says Chalabi is in London where his family lives . when he arrived in 2003 the first thing he did send his envoy Mithal al Allusi to Israel to attend a so called War on terror conference, mithal al allusi brother has business deals in North kurdistan with Israeli US businessmen. Mr Mithal Al allusi Had both his sons killed a few months after his trip to israel .

]]> By: Parrotlover77 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1456174 Parrotlover77 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:12:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1456174 <blockquote>Ahmed Chalabi, the disgraced Iraqi exile who misled the United States into Iraq, Ummm, no. The decision to to invade Iraq was made a long time before Chalabi appeared on the scene. Saying the ‘misled the United States’ is giving him far too much credit, and giving the criminal elements that have hijacked this country a free pass. Please correct this error. Comment by TripMaster Monkey — January 14, 2007 @ 3:53 pm </blockquote> Amen to that!! He was just the idiot that gave the administration and neocons the excuse/scapegoat they needed if the proverbial poop hit the fan... which it has. <strong>TP should reword it as such or, at the very least, note the controversy.</strong>

Ahmed Chalabi, the disgraced Iraqi exile who misled the United States into Iraq,

Ummm, no. The decision to to invade Iraq was made a long time before Chalabi appeared on the scene. Saying the ‘misled the United States’ is giving him far too much credit, and giving the criminal elements that have hijacked this country a free pass.

Please correct this error.

Comment by TripMaster Monkey — January 14, 2007 @ 3:53 pm

Amen to that!! He was just the idiot that gave the administration and neocons the excuse/scapegoat they needed if the proverbial poop hit the fan… which it has. TP should reword it as such or, at the very least, note the controversy.

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1455835 big papa Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:41:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1455835 <strong>NOTHING good... ...is going to come... ...of Bushiva, L'il Dick's and the right wing conned'selfservative-Zionist's... ...grand schemes... ...Chalabi, Bushiva and L'il Dick's constituency's Karma... ...ensures their doom... ...evil only prospers for a short time...</strong> NOTHING good…

…is going to come…

…of Bushiva, L’il Dick’s and the right wing conned’selfservative-Zionist’s…

…grand schemes…

…Chalabi, Bushiva and L’il Dick’s constituency’s Karma…

…ensures their doom…

…evil only prospers for a short time…

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1455107 Evil Spaniard Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:30:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1455107 Can we call it a "Shiitefication"? Can we call it a “Shiitefication”?

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1454939 Jake Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:26:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1454939 Oh wait. That's Osama bin Laden. Oh wait. That’s Osama bin Laden.

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1454937 Jake Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:26:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1454937 You might want to call Chalabi "The Bush Crime Family's Patsy." You might want to call Chalabi “The Bush Crime Family’s Patsy.”

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1454934 Jake Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:25:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1454934 I'm glad to see the readers of Thinkprogress aren't easily fooled by thinkprogress At least when it's obvious. They do try periodically, though. I’m glad to see the readers of Thinkprogress aren’t easily fooled by thinkprogress At least when it’s obvious. They do try periodically, though.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1454259 Jay Randal Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:45:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1454259 Chalabi is a criminal stooge, but everyone associated with Bush Regime is a shady person! Chalabi is a criminal stooge, but everyone associated with Bush Regime is a shady person!

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1452931 RUCerious Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:21:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1452931 #27 - Oh, yeah. <strong>I M P E A C H ~~!!</strong> #27 – Oh, yeah. I M P E A C H ~~!!

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451497 Marie Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:31:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451497 Leslie, you have about summed it up in #8. Leslie, you have about summed it up in #8.

]]> By: Juan C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451349 Juan C Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:58:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451349 <em>Hezbullah was just a more convenient whipping boy, which is why it got the public blame. Comment by Peter</em> BTW, when the (I dont know the translation but...) Freedom Organization for Palestine was detected by Israel as the possible government in Palestine, the jewish government decided to support Hezbollah as a counter-organization. Who would have thought? Hezbullah was just a more convenient whipping boy, which is why it got the public blame.
Comment by Peter

BTW, when the (I dont know the translation but…) Freedom Organization for Palestine was detected by Israel as the possible government in Palestine, the jewish government decided to support Hezbollah as a counter-organization. Who would have thought?

]]> By: robert http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451183 robert Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:26:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451183 <em>and he is something of an Arab Iraqi nationalist</em> Is there another kind of Iraqi Nationalist? and he is something of an Arab Iraqi nationalist

Is there another kind of Iraqi Nationalist?

]]> By: Ivo Moelans http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451168 Ivo Moelans Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:24:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451168 Wouldn't the best strategy be the debushification of America? Wouldn’t the best strategy be the debushification of America?

]]> By: Eargy Earp http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451120 Eargy Earp Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:19:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451120 Leslie has it on the money. The US is not certain who is friend or foe, which is why a strategy to identify and kill this one and not that one just fuels further division. If this is our strategy then it FUELS civil war; it does not promote common ground. Leslie has it on the money.

The US is not certain who is friend or foe, which is why a strategy to identify and kill this one and not that one just fuels further division. If this is our strategy then it FUELS civil war; it does not promote common ground.

]]> By: Eargy Earp http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1451088 Eargy Earp Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:14:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1451088 If they relly want stability in Iraq they should change strategy to a re-Baathification (i.e. secular political movement) to get Iraq people employed doing something. Take some of those lucrative contracts off of Haliburton and get Iraqis back to work. If they relly want stability in Iraq they should change strategy to a re-Baathification (i.e. secular political movement) to get Iraq people employed doing something.

Take some of those lucrative contracts off of Haliburton and get Iraqis back to work.

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1450637 theswan Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:20:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1450637 You might call that discrimination! You might call that discrimination!

]]> By: DemandTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1450612 DemandTruth Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:14:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1450612 "canoot"??? "ca<em>noot</em>"??? Whadda we, in Canada, now? c'mon TP. Don't you have editors? (I'm available btw...) Still, you gotta have a sense of humor about it, especially when it doesn't surprise you anymore... “canoot”???

“canoot“???

Whadda we, in Canada, now?

c’mon TP. Don’t you have editors? (I’m available btw…)

Still, you gotta have a sense of humor about it,
especially when it doesn’t surprise you
anymore…

]]> By: Peter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1450601 Peter Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:08:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1450601 You're right, Leslie. My brain mistakenly inserted an "at" in "is least likely". 5 swats with the ruler for bad reading comprehension for me. You’re right, Leslie. My brain mistakenly inserted an “at” in “is least likely”. 5 swats with the ruler for bad reading comprehension for me.

]]> By: Leslie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1450577 Leslie Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:59:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/14/chalabi-still-in-charge-of-de-baathification-in-iraq/#comment-1450577 Katy & Peter, I thought Peter was elaborating on what I said about al-Sadr, because his remarks don't contradict mine: <i>The Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is least likely to be aligned with Iran, is an enemy. Peter: "Actually, on this point, while al-Sadr has stated that he would be in solidarity with Iran should the US attack the latter, he is fairly vehement that Iraq not be an Iranian puppet - and he is something of an Arab Iraqi nationalist. The Shi’a parties most influenced by Iran are not the Sadrists, but the SCIRI and Da’wa."</i> But, anyway, glad someone is less confused than me now. Katy & Peter,
I thought Peter was elaborating on what I said about al-Sadr, because his remarks don’t contradict mine:

The Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is least likely to be aligned with Iran, is an enemy.

Peter: “Actually, on this point, while al-Sadr has stated that he would be in solidarity with Iran should the US attack the latter, he is fairly vehement that Iraq not be an Iranian puppet – and he is something of an Arab Iraqi nationalist. The Shi’a parties most influenced by Iran are not the Sadrists, but the SCIRI and Da’wa.”

But, anyway, glad someone is less confused than me now.

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