Welcome Mr. Chalibi

Ahmad Chalabi. Do you remember that name? He was the one who provided all of the convincing intelligence that helped justify the invasion of Iraq. That would be the same intelligence that we taxpayers provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay him for. He is also, by the way, the one the FBI is currently investigating for divulging United States secrets to Iran. Yep you heard right. Iran, you remember that country as being one of the founding members of the axis of evil. Well in case you missed it, Ahmad was back in Washington yesterday touching base with all of his old friends like Condi Rice, and Dick Cheney. This time though he’s back in his official capacity as the Iraq Oil Minister. Imagine that. Ahmed, oil, Dick Cheney, the Bush administration in general and you can finish the pattern all by yourself, right? Well if you’re not connecting the dots let me help you a little. This administration wanted to invade Iraq from the beginning (Ask Richard Clark and other former members of the administration about that.). Unfortunately for us and the 9/11 families, 9/11 gave them the excuse to do just that. Not that there was a real connection between Iraq and 9/11 but it afforded them an opportunity to excuse and lie their way into war with the gracious assistance of the honorable Mr. Chalabi. The convincing evidence that Mr. Chalabi provided was the irrefutable evidence of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destructions. Yes it’s those same weapons of mass destruction that no one has ever found and that it is more than reasonably certain never existed. No they didn’t sneak them across the border to Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. They just simply didn’t exist. Anyway Mr. Chalabi is back in Washington sealing his deals with Dick and the rest of the Halliburton team and he doesn’t even have the Kahoonas to apologize for all of the death and destruction he’s largely responsible for. I wasn’t and I am not really expecting him to apologize for anything but I am just plain disgusted by the Bush administration, once again, for their absolute lack of moral scruples in welcoming someone who is so directly responsible for the lose of so many American lives.

I have one other comment from yesterday’s news. According to the NBC News/WSJ poll Mr. Bush now has an approval rating of 38% and 33% now give Mr. Bush high marks for being "honest and straightforward," down from 50% in January and 57% say he "deliberately misled" the nation about the case for war in Iraq. It would appear that America is waking up and if the Democratic Party can produce a clear vision for America they just might make some progress in next years elections.

Those are The Sergeant Majors thoughts on that.