Ahmed Chalabi to be feted by AEI on Nov. 9. Where is the outrage???

[Wordie]

Are there no protests planned? This man is a criminal, in no small way responsible for a lot of the bad intel that led us to war (he was Judy Miller's other source, and tied up with Ledeen and the other neocons), and pretty much laughed when his falsehoods were exposed (it was too late then, we were already at war). Have we all forgotten?

(AEI is a neocon institution, for those who don't know.)
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/006927.php
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Yesterday morning we noted that Ahmad Chalabi is being feted next week at the American Enterprise Institute. Set aside the fact that little more than a year ago he was implicated in sharing US intelligence with Iran. What we know pretty much conclusively now is that Chalabi connived at gaming the US into war by cooking up all manner of bogus intelligence and unsubstantiated claims about WMD and terrorism. It is almost a cliche at this point -- Chalabi, the Iraqi emigre behind most of the outlandish bogus intel.

One extreme view would have it that Chalabi is an Iraqi patriot and, as such, any lying and cheating and stealing in America is just a means to the end of getting the previous regime overthrown. As it happens, I think the guy is more just a gamer and an opportunist. But be that as it may, what sort of American organization would be hosting and celebrating such a man after all we know today, after all the bad acts we know he has committed against this country.

The organization is, of course, AEI. And how can it be that their feting of him, as they are to do next week, does not amount to a big 'who cares' or 'ends justify the means' or 'we knew what he was up to all along anyway' about all the phoney baloney he pulled in the lead up to the war?

Will any politician, Republican or Democrat, will stand up and speak out against this outrage? Does anyone plan to protest?


-- Josh Marshall

[Zodiak]

1. I had to look it up

1 entry found for feted.
fete also fête ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ft, ft)
n.

1. A festival or feast.
2.
1. An elaborate, often outdoor entertainment.
2. An elaborate party.


tr.v. fet·ed, also fêt·ed fet·ing, fêt·ing fetes, fêtes

1. To celebrate or honor with a festival, a feast, or an elaborate entertainment.
2. To pay honor to.

I would wager that if I had to look it up, then a lot of other prople would, as well. Do you think that the choice of the word "feted" by the article instead of "honor" is intentionally obscure? I believe so.

Face it. Nowadays, the amount of corruption coming from these unpopular assholes is so thick that the Movement has short-circuited due to outrage fatigue and a target-rich environment that is so vast and dense that we cannot possibly hope to protest it all.

But for what it is worth, it makes me sick and doesn't surprise me one bit.

[Wordie]

2. Whoops. Guess I should have reworked the subject line...too late now. :(

There *should* be HUGE protests, imho. The AEI should be exposed for the traitorous organization it is.

But, I'm afraid the response will be much as to this post. :(