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65. That anyone of intelligence in American government listened to Ahmed Chalabi,

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 12:21 AM

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a man who had been in exile for decades, as THE voice of expertise and reason on Middle Eastern affairs, doomed the US to failure from the beginning. He had his own agenda. That Cheney used him to craft US policy was madness. But then, Cheney had his own agenda.

Excellent post, H20 man. Excellent.

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