We were throwing millions of dollars at him after he provided fake intelligence which let Mr. Bush justify his fake war. We just stopped paying him this week.

Chalabi claimed he had literally tons of valuable documents from the former regime- he was holding them for ransom. Now the once presumed president of Iraq (can you imagine???) is held with a gun to his head while we take the documents.

Chief Wiggum said it best as the paper shredder ate his tie- “This is gonna get worse before it gets better…”

Update: Atrios makes a good point- what if this is an attempt to distance Chalabi so he’ll be the leader Iraqis choose? Could this be part of an orchestrated defeat designed to give our puppet Iraqi leaders legitimacy?

It seems lately that every time I think I’m being too cynical I end up not being cynical enough.