If we're the CIA and it's 2001, we codename him Curveball, invade a country and kill thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, based on his wacky stories of biological weapons programs.
If the headline on thisGuardian special report isn't enough to make you choke on your oatmeal, the very first line will.
An alcoholic cousin of an aide to Ahmed Chalabi has emerged as the key source in the US rationale for going to war in Iraq.
"An alchoholic cousin of an aide..."??!!??
According to a US presidential commission looking into pre-war intelligence failures, the basis for pivotal intelligence on Iraq's alleged biological weapons programmes and fleet of mobile labs was a spy described as 'crazy' by his intelligence handlers and a 'congenital liar' by his friends.
The defector, given the code-name Curveball by the CIA, has emerged as the central figure in the corruption of US intelligence estimates on Iraq. Despite considerable doubts over Curveball's credibility, his claims were included in the administration's case for war without caveat.
I say let's put him in a boat and row him over or at the very least hoist him up to the topsail yardarm. Nope, this kind of incompetent lunacy deserves a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Given that we have a drunken liar in office I doubt the penalty will be all that stiff.
I'm defecting.
Good point. I guess I could've posted: "If we're the GOP and it's 2000, we install him as President, codename him Curveball, invade a country..."
I can't believe we re-elected him. What the hell is wrong with this country?!!
-- Kate
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