The Chalabi Effect

Brandon J. Snider is surprised that Richard Perle seems to have come out against the occupation of Iraq.

"Now, this is where it gets complicated, because Perle understands why occupation produces insurgency. He admitted it on TV. Here is what he said. The occupation is 'sadly misguided', and the US 'should have turned over Iraq to the Iraqis immediately' (immediately following Saddam's retirement). The US 'should have been working with Iraqis' to expedite a quick and bloodless regime change."

This is not surprising at all once you realize that what Perle is actually saying is that we should have installed Chalabi as our puppet.
Most neocon criticism that we should have transferred power sooner or that we shouldn't have been occupiers or that we needed to give the Iraqis more control or work ore with Iraqis to make the new government work all boil down to: "We should have put Chalabi in power."

That is all.