Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Chalabi and the Republicans: A marriage made in heaven
How did we miss this one... Via Atrios, Newsday's Knut Royce reports:
$400 million... That's four Bush campaigns... Not a bad return on the investment of a few stories planted with Judith Miller....
Yep, it's the old self-licking ice cream cone for sure... The system of looting Republicans have mastered so well... And Chalabi gets a big slurp all his own...
U.S. authorities in Iraq have awarded more than $400 million in contracts to a start-up company that has extensive family and, according to court documents, business ties to Ahmed Chalabi, the Pentagon favorite on the Iraqi Governing Council.
$400 million... That's four Bush campaigns... Not a bad return on the investment of a few stories planted with Judith Miller....
Yep, it's the old self-licking ice cream cone for sure... The system of looting Republicans have mastered so well... And Chalabi gets a big slurp all his own...
