The drunkard rides again
It has come to my attention that Richard Perle, in a keynote address to the American Enterprise Institute on September 22 2003, had this to say about the convicted conman and alleged Iranian agent, Ahmad Chalabi:
“I can’t imagine a leader who more fully embodies the values that caused the Americans to believe we should liberate Iraq.”
Neither can I.
The description also lends itself well to other colorful characters who have been pushing for this tragic disaster. Substitute “writer” for “leader” in the quote, and it fits Chris Hitchens — that duplicitous fellow-traveler of the American warmongering far right — like Scotch fits into a glass.
At this point, Hitchens has more in common with Chalabi than with his own professed greatest hero; a man whose name I won’t besmirch by even mentioning alongside those of such disgraceful frauds.
