Neo-cons collapse in Washington and Baghdad

[struggle4progress]

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The signs of their defeat at the hands of both reality and the so-called "realists", who are headed within the administration by Secretary of State Colin Powell, are virtually everywhere but were probably best marked by the cover of 'Newsweek' magazine last week, which depicted the framed photograph of the neo-cons' favourite Iraqi, Ahmad Chalabi, which had been shattered during a joint police-US military raid on his headquarters in Baghdad. 'Bush's Mr Wrong' was the title of the feature article.
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Not only was Chalabi's arch-rival-in-exile, Iyad Allawi, approved by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) as prime minister, but neither Chalabi nor any of his closest IGC associates, especially Finance Minister Kamel al-Gailani - who is accused of handing over much of Iraq's banking system to Chalabi during his tenure - made it into the final line-up.

"It looks like Chalabi is the big loser", said one congressional aide who follows Iraq closely. "And neo-con has become a dirty word up here", he added, referring to the Congress, where Republicans have become increasingly restive as a result of recent debacles in Iraq, including the scandal over the abuse by US soldiers of Iraqi detainees and leaks that Chalabi had been passing sensitive intelligence to Iran, and may have done so for years.

"We need to restrain what are growing US messianic instincts - a sort of global social engineering where the United States feels it is both entitled and obligated to promote democracy - by force if necessary", said Senator Pat Roberts, a conservative Kansas member of Bush's Republican Party and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in a speech last week that was understood here as a direct shot at the neo-cons.
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[crossroads]

1. Scathing article...

...and music to my ears!
:bounce: :kick:

[struggle4progress]

2. It's nice to see Republicans criticize Dubya's "messianic tendencies"

:)

[agates]

3. Bush's Mr Wrong

But..but..but, the boy king says he hardly knew Chalabi, only met him a few times.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[yellowcanine]

4. "handing over much of Iraq's banking system to Chalabi" .... might as well

put Ken Lay in charge.....

[yellowcanine]

5. "We need to restrain what are growing US messianic instincts"-Pat Roberts

REPUBLICAN Senator - Woo hoo! I love the smell of Republican infighting in the morning!