Remember when that reluctant band of earnest neocons were duped by that evil master mind chalabi to invade Iraq?
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
If it wasn't him, it would have been someone else. If it wasn't someone else they literally would have made someone up.
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
If history has taught us one thing it's that you can always find a group of expats to assist in America's imperial agenda. It's not hard.
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@adamjohnsonNYC@ChMadar Let's not make Chalabi stand in for exiles. Most are principled & not interested in political cons 4 personal gain.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SBalaghi
@SBalaghi@adamjohnsonNYC For sure! But Adam's point–that you can find "a" group of exiles to serve an agenda–is I think quite valid.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar@adamjohnsonNYC I get that but that many categories-academics, thinktank analysts, journalist-- were complicity in Iraq debacle.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SBalaghi
@SBalaghi@adamjohnsonNYC Without a doubt! As Adam tweeted earlier in fact. Important not to scapegoat a minor tool who happened to be Iraqi1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar@adamjohnsonNYC Yup. Remember even at the time many Arab exiles in the US, i.e. Edward Said, publicly opposed Chalabi's narrative.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SBalaghi @adamjohnsonNYC Just as most Iranian diaspora ppl in the US think the #MEK are batshit, though the Beltway feels differently.
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