The ethics of Philip Zelikow (updated).
The ethics of Philip Zelikow (updated).
Blogger Glenn Greenwald noted that Republican lobbyist Philip Zelikow had been making TV appearances calling for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s ouster without disclosing the fact that he was being paid by Iyad Allawi to lobby for Maliki’s removal. Today, ABC News released a statement stating the Zelikow had not informed them of his conflict of interest. ABC acknowledged that Zelikow’s appearances were “sullied by the fact that he did not disclose his relationship with Barbour Griffith & Rogers.”
UPDATE: Greenwald also notes that Zelikow has been retained to do consulting work for the Bush administration specifically on Iraq policy.
UPDATE II: Laura Rozen, who studied under Zelikow, contacted him and received this assurance: “Zelikow, a former counselor to Secretary of State Rice, says he did not know about the Allawi contract with BGR at the time of the ABC interview, and did not learn of it until he started getting called by the media about it two days afterwards.”
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Somehow I doubt ABC cares much about this. These are standard lobbyist “ethics” these days.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:17 pmIsuspect the real motive here is to get a “Strongman” in charge who will force the Iraqis to sign over all the their oil rights for a song and a dance.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:17 pmMr. I’d Allow-ya to control all our oil.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:23 pmEthics anyone?
August 24th, 2007 at 10:28 pmThis supposed conflict of interest is nothing; psychotically, the misjudging radicals at TP are misbehaving as if they have a huge “smoking gun” by exposing this conflict of interest of Zelikow. The ABC e-mail (which even ignorant progs can read after clicking the link) actually said that the information provided by Zelikow reflects, accurately, the current view inside the State Dept. This means that regardless of the conflict of interest, ABC actually affirms the legitimacy of Zelikow’s position. What’s really galling is the double-standard that hypocritical progs tolerate. About 99.9% of journalists refuse to disclose that they’re nothing but paid shills and apologists for the Demoncratic Party, yet they all pretend they’re giving non-biased news and information. Progs are also shamed for defending Al-Maliki and doubting Allawis effectiveness because Maliki is the obstructionist as he can’t reach reconciliation with the Sunnis. For the progs to tolerate Maliki’s failure is indicative of their lust for a bloodier Iraq.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:34 pmFor the progs to tolerate Maliki’s failure is indicative of their lust for a bloodier Iraq.
Comment by Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es — August 24, 2007 @
Yee Gods, get treatment, man. Your life must be a living Hell.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:35 pmComment by Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es — August 24, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
Nuts!
August 24th, 2007 at 10:35 pmDuke of Doonesbury?
August 24th, 2007 at 10:36 pmIt’s Friday night and #5 started drinking early – ignore his baseless rant.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:37 pmThere are no conflict of interest or ethical problems for these neocon shills. No ethics, no problems.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:37 pmComment by Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es — August 24, 2007
Bwah. Your a dolt. The Right wangers wanted to depose the Sunnis [Saddam] and now your backing them again. This is what this Allawi/ Zellikow thing is about. Bad Republican planning and overall stupidity.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:43 pmComment by Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es — August 24, 2007
Conflict psychotically exposing a huge ignorant view regardless of What’s really galling hypocritical journalists also shamed for defending their lust for a bloodier Iraq.
Zelikow’s position. of intent to ’seduce, solicit, lure, entice, or attempt to seduce biased news and information disclose that they’re nothing but paid shills and apologists for the misjudging radicals provided by Zelikow.
There, fixed it for ya…
August 24th, 2007 at 10:46 pm#5
EAT SHIT.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:48 pmI have to agree, that Mr P just really got smacked down, awesome job!
All his tripe posted here is just buffoonist bleating, a mixed up mash of incoherent spittle and regurgitated bile.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:53 pmWhat are the odds that Allawi was given a piece of the $8.8 billion that went missing in Iraq (as issue about which the Republicans seem reluctant to explore)?
August 24th, 2007 at 10:56 pm#5 — Please, please run for office as the Republican candidate in your Congressional District!
The progressive side might enjoy some cheap entertainment.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:00 pmMakarios blows Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es for quarters.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:02 pmComment by Dave C — August 24, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Dave C, the insinuation in your comment is that Makarios is a “pro”.
He is not. It is simply a hobby and not a profession… yet.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:07 pmHave I even posted here yet?
August 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pmHave I even posted here yet?
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
It sure smelled like you’ve been here.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:09 pmHave I even posted here yet?
No.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:12 pmLike I said, you were busy doing other stuff.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:13 pmThe U.S. effort to install a democracy in Iraq within three to five years was a flawed strategy with little chance of succeeding, U.S. Rep. (R)Peter Hoekstra said Friday. He said he met with Sunni tribal chiefs who hold politically sway in Iraq, and concluded, ‘They are not looking for a county commission to tell them what to do.â€
Guess the trolls will be attacking Hoekstra next. But Markarios knows more than the military and the congress. HAH!
August 24th, 2007 at 11:14 pmBut Markarios knows more than the military and the congress. HAH
And now he has a shiny new quarter.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:15 pmIt sure smelled like you’ve been here.
Comment by Egreggious
Its not like Markarios [Mr P] has a record of honesty going for him.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:16 pmAnd now he has a shiny new quarter.
Comment by Dave C
Oh, that, he got that in a public restroom in florida.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:19 pmHave I even posted here yet?
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
It sure smelled like you’ve been here.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Could be just a really big fart. One of my kids used to cut some that smelled like rancid cabbage and they could etch the enamel on your teeth. Mr PeePee’s posts are very similar.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:23 pmComment by Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es — August 24, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
You have been caught lying on the Foley thread. NOBODY READS YOUR CRAP. Thanks for making it so easy to ignore you. Daniel Crane is a REPUBLICAN congressman involved in the Stubbs incident you lying ass.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:26 pmI actually give ABC some serious props for acknowledging this, especially given their usual lack of spine or cojones.
Either they’ve grown a pair (ha!) or the tide really is turning against the Bushies, much as it turned against Nixon.
I’ve been through all of this long enough to be pretty damn cynical, and yet I see this as a positive sign.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:27 pmYou have been caught lying on the Foley thread. NOBODY READS YOUR CRAP. Thanks for making it so easy to ignore you. Daniel Crane is a REPUBLICAN congressman involved in the Stubbs incident you lying ass.
Comment by shane — August 24, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
I don’t think he can help himself. Like Mr Pee, he’s got a form of Tourette’s, but in his case (and I use the old-fashioned generic pronoun) it results in these bursts of gibberish on virtually every thread. As I’ve written before, I think that the effort involved in creating them requires him to take a little nap before the next thread (and the next screaming cry for euthanasia) and he never comes back to the thread.
It’s actually a fascinating pathology, in a creepy, soul-destroying way.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:31 pmWorst. Zelikow. Ever.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pmHave I even posted here yet?
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
Meth does that, I’ve heard. Takes away memory, awareness and intelligence. Can’t remember if you posted? Get off the drugs.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:07 amMeth does that, I’ve heard. Takes away memory, awareness and intelligence. Can’t remember if you posted? Get off the drugs.
Comment by ronjazz — August 25, 2007 @ 12:07 am
We have also seen mr p OD on Cheetos and Mountain Dew, That’s not pretty either!
August 25th, 2007 at 12:16 amWhat’s wrong, ronjazz?
Do you need a fix?
August 25th, 2007 at 12:27 amDo you need a fix?
Comment by Makarios — August 25, 2007 @ 12:27 am
Haven’t you already been fixed, Mr Pee? As a responsible pet owner, your mom certainly took care of this years ago.
Of course, maybe she decided to save a little money on the vet’s fees, given the miniscule odds that you’d actually be able to breed.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:32 amIf anyone takes 30 seconds to connect the dots (or giant splotches) you see all these guys have been working (and playing) together since long before this desert mess became a free-fall into piles of jagged plate glass.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:27 amThey have been in constant rotation in and out of positions as consultants/advisors/officers/ministers/cabinet members/secretaries fo def/dod positions/state dep/agencies/etc.,etc.
They just stick one person into the lights untill they start to fry,then switch to another.Whoever can speak the best line of sewage while burning gets bonus points and promoted.
I’m sure there are others who have noticed this.
when the members of pnac & the signers of their documents are charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, will the world begin to respect us again ??
August 25th, 2007 at 1:29 amComment by tofubo — August 25, 2007 @ 1:29 am
You sound like you’ve already had your fix!
August 25th, 2007 at 1:39 amIyad Allawi is related to Ahmed Chalabi.
Reminder: Complete B.S. from the CIA Informant Chalabi and the INC group (most famously from a defector codenamed “Curveball”) made its way into intelligence dossiers used to help convince the public in America and Britain of the need to go to war. “Curveball” – the brother of a top lieutenant of Chalabi – fed hundreds of pages of bogus “firsthand” descriptions of mobile biological weapons factories on wheels and rails.
August 25th, 2007 at 3:46 am————————–
S c u m b a g s
ABC News should have done a better job in finding out Zelikow’s motives in coming to the show. Replacing the leader in Iraq will do nothing to end the civil war. It will do nothing to facilitate political progress. Bush only wants Allawi because he is more of a puppet than Maliki who is more independent.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:35 amProbus, shut the f*ck up!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:38 amIf Bush cared about democracy he would not remove Maliki. Instead he wants someone in Iraq who will only do what he says even if it is against the wishes of the Iraqi people.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:46 amMaliki is nothing but a terrorist aiding sh!teater. He is the pawn of Mucktard al-Sadist, and he is bad for Iraq.
Maleleaky has to go!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:47 amMaliki until a couple of months ago had Bush’s confidence. Bush doesn’t care about democracy. He only cares about his failed neo-conservative beliefs that have made America less safe.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:50 amWell, once the surge made it possible for him to show his true colors, we learned that Maliki was nothing but a puppet for Mucktardo al-Sadistic! Who cares about a couple of months ago, MALIKI HAS TO GO!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:52 amAllawi will fail just like Maliki because Bush refused to hold him accountable. Maliki’s failure is Bush’s fault.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:54 amWhy are they so interested in Iraq’s oil? They positively ooze it themselves!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:56 amMaliki failed because he was stuck in his sandy ways. He needed to be open to the new way of doing things, AMERICAN STYLE, B!TCH!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:56 amIf Bush cared about the Iraqi people he would let them make their own decisions. Instead he only cares about oil.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:00 amBush cares so much about the Iraqi people that he is making the best decisions for them, since as of now, they are but backwards savages and do not know what is best!
August 25th, 2007 at 6:01 amYou make Bush sound like a dictator.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:03 amBush was elected twice by the American people!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 6:05 amGOD BLESS President GEORGE W. BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless Bill Clinton – best president in US history.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:06 amBill Clinton doesn’t believe in God.
He committed adultery, that’s a sin.
Bill Clinton ruined America, until
The HONORABLE President GEORGE W. BUSH!!!!!!!!!!
Came along.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:08 amBush lied soldiers died.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:10 amBush kills terrorists and alkaida!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 6:11 amBush disbanded the unit that was supposed to find bin Laden.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:37 am>Maleleaky has to go!!!
Uhm.. Mr P… so lets get you on the record.. your saying Iraqis SHOULDNT have the right to choose thier own leaders? yes or no?
August 25th, 2007 at 7:52 amHe was also on NPR’s All Things Considered this week punditing on Iraq – no mention that he was consulting, just a quick that he was a former advisor to Rice. I was angry at the time because they didn’t have any opposing view or follow up on some of the outrageous things he said.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:03 amThe only thing Bush cares about is Jan 20,2009!
August 25th, 2007 at 8:09 amIraq needs a dictator.
The US needs to get rid of Manuel Antonio Noreiga because his jail term is ending.
Maybe the US can cut a deal and just send former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to Iraq where he can bang machetes off of podiums and lead the Iraqi people with a mix or fear and intimidation.
-GSD
August 25th, 2007 at 9:11 amIf Iraq needs a new dictator then send GWB over there. He’ll be looking for work soon.
August 25th, 2007 at 9:36 amI find it interesting that Allawi and his party left the Cabinet today and the MSM is ignoring it. Is Bush planning a coup and called his buds at the WaPo and such to tell them to bury the story?
August 25th, 2007 at 10:28 amHey Progressivesareredundantjacka$$es, save youself some keystrokes and shorten your moniker to jacka$$….
We’ll see you in November 2008….
August 25th, 2007 at 10:37 amFolks, please realize Zelikow’s corrupt history. He cowrote a book with Condi Rice in the 80s. As a Rice/Bush crony, Bush/Cheney chose him to be on the 911 “Commission”, where he just issued the party line.
After successfully blocking any real investigation into the 911 “attacks”, he was promptly rewarded by Rice when she gave him a deputy sect. of state position under her.
Pretty nice, eh?
August 25th, 2007 at 10:44 amWow, I didn’t think there was any way that Washington could piss off the Iraqis anymore than they already have. But I stand corrected!
Yeah, put a transparent puppet like Allawi in there and really watch the fireworks get going.
Incompetence with consistency is this Administration’s motto.
August 25th, 2007 at 11:32 amPlease remind me again what it was we were supposed to “win” in Iraq. Or are we just there to “stay the course” so the “conservatives” can claim it was not Bush who “lost” the war. And you thought it was tough being a Republican in 2006 . . .
August 25th, 2007 at 11:50 amMakarios is going nuts; someone should help him!
August 25th, 2007 at 11:51 am“Isuspect the real motive here is to get a “Strongman†in charge who will force the Iraqis to sign over all the their oil rights for a song and a dance.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity “
Bingo!
August 25th, 2007 at 11:58 amMakarios is going nuts; someone should help him!
Comment by Mother Teresa — August 25, 2007 @ 11:51 am
Sorry Mommy Theresa, he is beyond help ….. even yours!
August 25th, 2007 at 11:58 am“It’s Friday night and #5 started drinking early – ignore his baseless rant.
Comment by Marie”
I think that he starts drinking at sun up because he posts these useless rants any time of the day. I ignore them. He makes it easy for you. All you need to do, when you come to a one big paragraph post is to look at the moniker. If it is really long, that means it is our resident psychopath posting and you can skip the post.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:01 pm“Bush kills terrorists and alkaida!!!!”
Bush kills innocent men women and children and he has a true American hero fragged because that hero disagrees with him. If that is the kind of person you want to worship, may god have mercy on your soul.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:08 pmBush kills terrorists and alkaida!!!!â€
Who is this person trying to kill? Is it his father. his MOTHER or. anyone who disagrees with him. It is beyond me but, I do wish that someone should help this person.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pmThe right-wing propagandists are in full swing here.
Zelikow is simply another neo-con wishing hell and brimstone on our planet. His biggest scam is that he was the executive director of the 911 Commission,,,not those other guys. He controlled the whole investigation and manipulated information around the official conspiracy theory. Another no good!
August 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pm