Will make your head spin.

[Adam Zapple]

Ramesh Ponnuru of NRO responds:

Chandrasekaran repeats some of the innuendo of earlier iterations of the Iraq-cronyism charge, notably the claim that “the daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator was “tapped to manage Iraq’s $13 billion budget, even though she had no “background in accounting. That’s a double lie: The woman in question, also a friend of mine, does have a background in accounting, and she wasn’t managing the budget.



To get to the main point of the article: O’Beirne wasn’t in charge of staffing the Coalition Provisional Authority; he didn’t have a “staff of his own, let alone one that could ask crudely political questions of applicants; he didn’t ask anyone he interviewed about his views on Roe v. Wade (a claim that, careful readers will see, Chandrasekaran doesn’t quite tie to O’Beirne); he was eager to find Arabic speakers; and he has never been deluged with job applicants who opposed the Iraq war and the Bush administration but wanted to serve in a war zone (surprise, surprise). Much of the article recapitulates the well-known rivalry between the State Department and the Pentagon (where O’Beirne works), with some extra bitterness added by Fred Smith, a CPA official who was forced out. Great story otherwise!

[weber]

Scrat wrote: It's long but it interesting and disturbing.

A 24 yr old to open up the Iraqi stockmarket? We need help.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14868608/


Ripping off nuts!!!!! Is this a girls game and it is painful for men:D