Serpent Chalabi: Suitable for Iraqi PM?

Billmon

The Return of the King

Come back Ahmad, all is forgiven. Via War and Piece:

Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi leader accused of giving the Bush administration flawed information about Saddam Hussein's weapons program, will visit Washington in November amid speculation that U.S. officials view him as an acceptable candidate for Iraqi prime minister . . .

Time quoted unnamed administration officials as saying Rice and Hadley both view Chalabi as "a plausible and acceptable" candidate for prime minister in the next round of Iraqi elections due December 15.

The longtime Iraqi exile began attracting U.S. attention as a potential prime minister after Washington decided Iraq's current premier, Ibrahim Jaafari, had discredited himself by seeking overly friendly relations with Iran . . .

So the guy who passed NSA intercepts to Tehran is an acceptable candidate, but the guy who laid a floral wreath on Khomeini's grave is too friendly with the Iranians.

I shall retire to Bedlam.
Posted by billmon at 11:02 PM