The master manipulator within Iraq
Among the remarkable facts about Ahmed Chalabi was that after turning Iraq and America upside down and unleashing all the gods and devils of war, he died of natural causes in Baghdad this week. Few people have changed the course of the last few decades more, through the force of personality, than did Chalabi. Historians […]David Ignatius writes in the Daily Journal:
Among the remarkable facts about Ahmed Chalabi was that after turning Iraq and America upside down and unleashing all the gods and devils of war, he died of natural causes in Baghdad this week.
Few people have changed the course of the last few decades more, through the force of personality, than did Chalabi. Historians will argue the causes and consequences of the Iraq War, but my own guess is that if it hadn’t been for Chalabi, Saddam Hussein or one of his odious sons or henchmen would probably be ruling Iraq today. Chalabi tirelessly lobbied to convince an America yearning for revenge after 9/11 to destroy his nemesis and that of Iran, his most steadfast patron.
