Wolfowitz says Chalabi behavior "puzzling"

[Cocoa]

Call him Ahmed the Enigma



http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-chalabi23.html

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Wolfowitz, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, denied that Chalabi was ever a favorite of the Pentagon, as he has been widely described.

Last month, U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police raided Chalabi's residence and office. Reports surfaced that Chalabi had allegedly passed information to Iran.

Responding to questions from Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the committee's top Democrat, Wolfowitz would only say that many Iraqi exiles opposed to Saddam Hussein had contacts with Iran, Iraq's enemy in the 1980s.

''I am surprised that he seems to be the target, for many years, of particular animus from some parts of this government,'' Wolfowitz said. ''But on the other hand, there are aspects of his recent behavior that are puzzling to me.'' He did not elaborate. AP

[Loonman]

1. Understatement of the year

They feed the rabid dog then act all confused when it bites them,

[gratuitous]

2. Disingenuous, Irresponsible

Absolute, total whack job.

Thy name is Wolfowitz.

[Tracer]

3. Well Wolfie ....

... that was some sh*tload of money you were paying to someone who wasn't a "favorite".

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. For someone who is supposedly so brilliant

Wolfowitz sure doesn't know shit most of the time.


Here's more proof that either Wolfowitz is the stupidest man on earth, or he's the biggest liar. Pick one.

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Q: Do you remember then the impact of the plane into the Pentagon? Or had you first heard stories about New York? What was --

Wolfowitz: We were having a meeting in my office. Someone said a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Then we turned on the television and we started seeing the shots of the second plane hitting, and this is the way I remember it. It's a little fuzzy.

Q: Right.

Wolfowitz: There didn't seem to be much to do about it immediately and we went on with whatever the meeting was. Then the whole building shook. I have to confess my first reaction was an earthquake. I didn't put the two things together in my mind. Rumsfeld did instantly.


http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030509-depsecdef0223.html

[jedicord]

7. "It's a little fuzzy."

WHAAAAA?

I can remember IN DETAIL everything that happened from the second I heard about the first plane until I finally got to sleep.

That stupid song "Don't you remember?" plays in the background.:mad:

[Cocoa]

9. lol, I think you mean "Have you forgotten"

same thing I guess. :-)

[jedicord]

11. Ha! You're right - that's Freudian on my part!

Every time I hear it I go into a tirade. My husband likes country (not me), but immediately turns that song off when I'm around 'cause he's tired of hearing my litany on what an awful blah blah blah blah...

[sadiesworld]

12. "There didn't seem to be much to do about it immediately..."

Damn, what's his job...er...oh yeah, Deputy Defense Secretary.
:eyes:

[thecrow]

13. How about...

STUPID LIAR????
I find it amazing that these guys were watching tv to find out what was happening. Weren't they in a meeting? Do they watch tv during meetings? The whole lot of them must go!!!!

[TahitiNut]

17. The total absence of empathy in any public servant ...

... is absolutely appalling. This should be enough, in anything approximating a sane world, to warrant his immediate removal from office as well as commitment to an institution where his sociopathic proclivities can receive the appropriate treatment. (I'm thinking shock treatment.)

[DoYouEverWonder]

19. Imagine watching the attack on the WTC live on TV

and just going ho-hum, what a shame. 1000's of people must be dieing in that enormous fire in the financial center of the globe, but it's no big deal. Nothing we could do about it anyway.


Wolfowitz's statement just blows my mind. What kind of inhuman monsters are these men? No wonder everything they have done has turned to shit. Dante needs a new ring in hell for this crew.

[sadiesworld]

20. Exactly.

I can imagine a big ho-hum if it had been an apartment complex, but a building devoted to $ and trade...not likely!

:evilfrown:

[TahitiNut]

22. As many tens of millions of ordinary Americans reacted with ...

... a "what can I do?" (a reaction that was selfishly exploited by the people in this filthy regime), this corrupt, predatory scumbag wallows in his foxhole and now admits yet another instance of "no actionable intelligence."

It's one thing to be a passenger on a hijacked airliner piloted by ideological zealots targeting a building. It's yet another thing to be a citizen within a hijacked nation piloted by ideological zealots targeting human rights and freedoms worldwide. At some point, we'll best serve our common humanity by following the example of the passengers of Flight 93. Will we have their courage?

[DoYouEverWonder]

23. Good question

I'm afraid as long as the sheeple have their cable TV and gas for their guzzlers, the answer is no.

[daleo]

26. If he expected it

Then it might be ho-hum.

[Jacobin]

5. Jeeze, how much do they pay their "favorites"????

[pinto]

6. looks like the guy who tried to sell me a "new" roof...as in scam artist..

[struggle4progress]

8. Puzzled? It won't last. Wolf reverts to the ever-certain idiot in no time.

[stevedeshazer]

10. And Ken Lay was an Ann Richards supporter

"Wolfowitz, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, denied that Chalabi was ever a favorite of the Pentagon, as he has been widely described."

Right.

[NoBushLite]

14. Let's just torture him.

That'll get the truth out, right?

[shoelace414]

15. if he wasn't a favorite

HOW DID HE END UP BEHIND LAURA BUSH AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS!?

:argh:

[Fridays Child]

16. Not a favorite. Right. They were paying dozens, no, hundreds of Iraqi...

...exiles $300,000 a month. And you gotta wonder why the committee didn't follow up on Wolfowitz's "puzzling behavior" remark. It seems like too many members of Congress--even some on our side of the aisle--are awfully anxious to hand these Bushista criminals "get out of jail free" cards.

[htuttle]

18. That's an interesting photo of Chalabi

"You've been living in a dream world, Wolfie. This is the world as it exists today... Welcome.. to the desert.. of the real."

[DrBB]

21. Pentagon FLEW Chalabi & his 500-man militia into Iraq

But hey, they hardly knew the guy. He just asked, "Could me and my buddies get a lift from you guys?" And the Pentagon said, "Sure, we're headed that direction anyway." And Chalabi said, "Thanks. Oh, and by the way, could you also supply us all the guns and ammunition we want?" The answer to which was, naturally enough, "I don't see why not. Shit, we got lots." And then later, when the Pentagon turned over to Chalabi Saddam's secret police files, well, that was because... Um, I can't think of a good answer, actually.

But I'm sure he's telling the truth. For it is wrong to tell a lie.

[Disturbed]

25. A True Believer

I watched this session. He seems annoyed that anyone is questioning
him about anything. Most of his answers are propaganda speeches and he keeps going unless the questioner cuts him off. I believe that he has cut off his feelings or he has none to begin with.

"Chalabi has Saddam's secret police files." Chalabi's cousin is the Chief Prosecuter of Saddam. That's what is keeping him alive.

Strange event that Tenet resigned shortly after Chalabi's game was up, esp. when Chalabi kept saying that Tenet has a vendetta against him.

[daleo]

27. Didn't Chalabi's guys help pull down Saddam's statue?

Seems like you had to be pretty tight with the Pentagon to be invited to that party.

[jayfish]

24. The * Regime Is A Walking Contradiction.

This sentence says it all.

"Responding to questions from Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the committee's top Democrat, Wolfowitz would only say that many Iraqi exiles opposed to Saddam Hussein had contacts with Iran, Iraq's enemy in the 1980s. "

Hmmm... Lets see, Iran was Iraq's enemy in the 80's and Iraq was our ally in the 80's. Well I guess that would make Chalabi our enemy in the 80's as well. I am unaware of any reconciliation between the US and Iran (Iran/Contra excluded) so I guess Chalabi is still our enemy then. Right Volfie? Here's the real kicker. Doesn't that same line of logic apply to AQ and Iraq. Many people/groups/organizations had contacts with Iraqi officials during the 80's and 90's (Including our own Don Rumsfeld). Shouldn't we apply that same standard with regards to linking AQ and Iraq?

Jay

[Hornito]

28. Wolfowitz lies. This fascist little dual-loyalty twit, and his friends

in PNAC, and the rest of the neonazicons, have been supporting and pushing Chabli for years. The lying little fucker. Why aren't the Dems in the Senate calling him on his lies? He's a traitor, and has done grave damage to this nation, yet he is allowed, time after time, and despite all his previous lies to the Senate, to continue to testify, and tell still more lies WTF?? Where are the *^%$#!!#$ Democrats (again!!!)????

[Media_Lies_Daily]

29. Yep...the NeoCons have dumped Chalabi.