'Just World News' with Helena Cobban

Chal-occhio cuts his strings

As if it isn't bad enough for the poor Bush administration that US soldiers keep getting killed in Iraq, that Colin Powell can't persuade the balky furrners to agree to serve as cannon-fodder for the US occupation forces, that someone snitched on Karl Rove or whoever else it was that outed Joe Wilson's wife, that the ungrateful US public seems no longer to be swooning at every mention of W's name-- but what else has to go and happen?? Now, well-tuned puppet Ahmed Chalabi has cut his strings and seems to be taking on a life of his own, independent of his creator!!

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

There was Chalocchio, just the other day, schmoozing at the UN with the French, and agreeing with them--against the Bushies-- that the CPA (a.k.a. the Condesecending and Patronizing Americans) should hand over power to the "Interim Governing Council" on a speedy schedule.

And there he was yesterday, schmoozing on Capitol Hill with the congressional Democrats, and agreeing with them--against the Bushies-- that the CPA certainly shouldn't just be handing out non-competitive contracts to big, well-connected US conglomerates like Halliburton...

As you may know, I am not (to put it lightly) any great fan of Ahmed Chalabi. But even I have to recognize the guy's political wiliness and sheer chutzpah. And it certainly couldn't happen to a more fitting bunch of folks than this White House, and this Pentagon, to have their carefully-groomed puppet turn against them...

But don't worry, readers. I still haven't been snowed by old Chalocchio. I can still see that his nose is still ten times longer than anyone else's.