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Post by bw Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:04 am

http://harpers.org/blog/2014/06/the-long-shadow-of-a-neocon/

As jihadists everywhere celebrate their stunning victories in Mosul and Tikrit, as well as the abject retreat of the United States from Afghanistan, we can only hope that they accord due credit to a man who was indispensable to their success. Now an obscure businessman seeking crumbs from the table as an “international consultant,” Zalmay Khalilzad was in his day an imperial envoy sent by the United States to decree the fates of Afghanistan and Iraq. His decisions, most especially his selection of puppet overseers to administer the conquered lands, were uniformly disastrous, contributing in large degree to the catastrophes of today. To be sure, many others among the neocon clique and their liberal-democrat interventionist allies deserve a place on the jihadist honor roll of useful idiots, but few contributed as much as Khalilzad, the Afghan-born former academic who selected Hamid Karzai and Nuri al-Maliki as suitable leaders for their respective countries.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:17 am

yeah i remember this guy. he was the bushies' favorite bumboy.
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Post by Merlot Daruwala Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:55 am

Oh ya, all of today's problems are due to some clueless Afghan sock-puppet the Bushies dug out of their closet.
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Post by Merlot Daruwala Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:56 am

Lol @ "Nevertheless, Khalilzad thought Maliki was just the man to make piece with the Sunnis.."

Upps Aunty's wordplay is catching.
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Post by Hellsangel Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:25 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Lol @ "Nevertheless, Khalilzad thought Maliki was just the man to make piece with the Sunnis.."

Upps Aunty's wordplay is catching.

Ugh! That was Harper's?
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Post by Hellsangel Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:23 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Oh ya, all of today's problems are due to some clueless Afghan sock-puppet the Bushies dug out of their closet.

Hey the libbies need to paint a bull's eye on someone. Britain and France in 1918 is too ancient.
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