CURVEBALL MADE ME DO IT
We're half way home with memoirs of the four chief architects of the illegal Iraq war. First up was former President George W. Bush's tome "Decision points". Just published is "Known and Unknown" by Bush Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. On the horizon is the still untitled book by former Vice President Dick Cheney. Sometime in the next year or two we can mercifully expect the last memoir by a Bush war cabinet biggie, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Sadly, you won't find the story of Rafid Ahmen Alwan al-Janabi, a Baghdad trained biochemical engineer, who defected from Iraq in 1995, in either of the two published and most likely not in the two unpublished memoirs as well. That is because al-Janabi, better known as Curveball by his handlers in German and American intelligence, was the conman whose fictional stories of Iraqi biological weapons factories on wheels were cited by Secretary of State Colin Powell in his UN speech of February 5, 2003; a speech which arguably clinched the case for attacking Iraq just 43 days later.
Curveball, whose real identity wasn't revealed till 2007, has given an interview to the British newspaper The Guardian, in which he fully admits, even brags about his deception which led to catastrophic war. Since they won't appear in any Bush war cabinet memoir, Curveball's admissions are worth publicizing.
"I had a problem with the Saddam regime. I wanted to get rid of him and I had this chance. I had to fabricate something to
topple this regime. I and my sons are proud...proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy."
Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld are enjoying the good life in the upper 2% of America's wealthy, making even more millions with their false and self serving memoirs. If, by a miraculous stroke of serendipity, all four of these warriors could ascend to the Pearly Gates together seeking to duplicate their magical earthly life in Heaven, they might be met with this question from St Peter:
"Why did you attack Iraq and get all of those millions of innocent Iraqis killed, injured or removed from their
neighborhood or country?"
Although missing from their books, all four would simultaneously bellow:
"Curveball made me do it!"
Sadly, you won't find the story of Rafid Ahmen Alwan al-Janabi, a Baghdad trained biochemical engineer, who defected from Iraq in 1995, in either of the two published and most likely not in the two unpublished memoirs as well. That is because al-Janabi, better known as Curveball by his handlers in German and American intelligence, was the conman whose fictional stories of Iraqi biological weapons factories on wheels were cited by Secretary of State Colin Powell in his UN speech of February 5, 2003; a speech which arguably clinched the case for attacking Iraq just 43 days later.
Curveball, whose real identity wasn't revealed till 2007, has given an interview to the British newspaper The Guardian, in which he fully admits, even brags about his deception which led to catastrophic war. Since they won't appear in any Bush war cabinet memoir, Curveball's admissions are worth publicizing.
"I had a problem with the Saddam regime. I wanted to get rid of him and I had this chance. I had to fabricate something to
topple this regime. I and my sons are proud...proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy."
Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld are enjoying the good life in the upper 2% of America's wealthy, making even more millions with their false and self serving memoirs. If, by a miraculous stroke of serendipity, all four of these warriors could ascend to the Pearly Gates together seeking to duplicate their magical earthly life in Heaven, they might be met with this question from St Peter:
"Why did you attack Iraq and get all of those millions of innocent Iraqis killed, injured or removed from their
neighborhood or country?"
Although missing from their books, all four would simultaneously bellow:
"Curveball made me do it!"
posted by Walt Zlotow at 5:48 PM
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