OUR GUY...AGAIN:

10 QUESTIONS FOR AHMAD CHALABI (BRIAN BENNETT, 11/14/05, TIME)

HOW MUCH CREDIT CAN YOU TAKE FOR THE U.S. DECISION TO GO TO WAR IN IRAQ?:

The U.S. has been at loggerheads with Saddam [Hussein] since the first Gulf War, and there was a sense of unfinished business. There were many calls to remove Saddam's regime from power by American organizations. We were there, but we could not have much influence. We were an exile organization. [...]

DO YOU THINK THE U.S. SHOULD SEND MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ, AS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN PROPOSES?:

I think more troops in Iraq would make more casualties and would contribute very little to improving the security situation. I think the way to go forward is to arm the Iraqi army in a way that it can deal with the insurgency and the violence in a more professional way. The most important thing to do is revamp the intelligence collection.

Well, that worked.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 14, 2005 1:02 PM