Let's go back, way back to 2003 when the case was made to go to war with Iraq.
It is now known that Dick Cheney's office was instrumental in the effort, as he is now pushing to go to war with Iran.
His evidence, testimony, and key information came from who? Remember?
Cheney and company built a plan around Ahmed Chalabi, their primary source for pre-war information about Iraq, the man on whom they pinned the hopes of the new Iraq, the man they intended to install as the new Prime Minister of Iraq once Saddam was outsted.
Their respect and appreciation of Chalabi's contribution was so great, according to a Think Progress summary of Tenet's book You had the impression that some Office of the Vice President and DOD reps were writing Chalabi’s name over and over again in their notes, like schoolgirls with their first crush. Tenet wrote.
And what happened?
THEY WERE PLAYED BY IRAN and now Dick wants retribution. Oddly (or not), this is not at all reported by the media when reporting about the Iranian threat. The monster created by our own Vice President Cheney.
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