I'll say it explicitly. David Frum is a bald-faced liar. He wants to pretend that the Iraqis are the ones clamoring for Ahmad Chalabi. Considering that the elections appear to have been specifically designed to force the Iraqis into voting for him (at least, those who liked Sistani couldn't vote agianst him without voting against the entire Sistani list), the idea that the anti-Chalabists are trying to thwart the will of the Iraqis is ludicrous.
There is no evidence that Chalabi is popular among Iraqis.
If he really is so popular, how about he and other andidates facing off in a REAL election as candidates, rather than as selectees on lists whose contents are to a great extent not made public until just before the election and maybe not even then?
I think that ol' Dave is suffering from Michael Rubin syndrome.
That is all.
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