Cons and the Con Artists who use Them--and the Neocons who let Themselves be Conned

I finally managed to mix in reading Salon's article on Ahmad Chalabi with some work stuff around here. My take on it is summed up in the title above: the neocons were shopping for someone who would tell them what they wanted to hear. Whether it was true, false, or patently absurd didn't matter. Ahmad took advantage of those who wanted to be taken advantage of.

Now the neocons have to live with the mess they've created. The tragedy, of course, is that almost eight hundred American soliders have been killed, along with several dozen foreign soldiers--and thousands of Iraqis. Worse, there is no end in sight.