Isn't that convenient?
Ahmed Chalabi has been the darling boy of the neo-conservatives for quite some time. He supplied the oh so valuable "intelligence" about Iraq's WMD and was then tauted as the next leader of Iraq. Recently Bush has distanced himself from Mr. Chalabi.
From Slate.com:
Q: Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Chalabi is an Iraqi leader that's fallen out of favor within your administration. I'm wondering if you feel that he provided any false information, or are you particularly—
A: Chalabi?
Q: Yes, with Chalabi.
A: My meetings with him were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union and just kind of working through the rope line, and he might have come with a group of leaders. But I haven't had any extensive conversations with him.
—President Bush, in a Rose Garden exchange with reporters, June 1, 2004.
Your encounters were brief?
I guess that Chalabi was more Laura's friend?
