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In reply to the discussion: U.S. talking to Chalabi, originator of WMD lies, while pushing to replace Iraqi leader Maliki [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)17. It's the DOS doing it. Remember they are infested with...
Neocons/PNAC'ers: Nuland, Pstaki, (sp) a host of others. I don't know why Kerry has to keep them unless they are just too powerful to remove. I don't know whether Hillary brought them in or they were already there in junior positions working their way up.
From your current NYT snip:
Over the past two days the American ambassador, Robert S. Beecroft, along with Brett McGurk, the senior State Department official on Iraq and Iran, have met with Usama Nujaifi, the leader of the largest Sunni contingent, United For Reform, and with Ahmad Chalabi, one of the several potential Shiite candidates for prime minister, according to people close to each of those factions, as well as other political figures.
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U.S. talking to Chalabi, originator of WMD lies, while pushing to replace Iraqi leader Maliki [View all]
bigtree
Jun 2014
OP
I have no idea why American officials have anything to do with the makeup of the Iraqi govt.
bigtree
Jun 2014
#4
I wanted to post this statement Pres. Obama just made, as a reflection of what I just posted
bigtree
Jun 2014
#15
We may be responsible but we have no ability to put Humpty Dumpy together again
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#36
We are all trapped in the belly of the Beast that is the U.S. Imperial project/MIC - even Obama.
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#30