Wednesday, April 14, 2004

 

Oh. My. God.

Guess who's being touted as the first US Ambassador to the post-June-30th Iraqi government? John Negroponte.

As David Sirota points out in his excellent blog, Negroponte was hip-deep in the Iran-Contra scandal, which means he was instrumental in helping Iran wage war against Iraq not too long ago. Great -- that should go over big in Baghdad! (Not to mention the irony -- for those of you whose irony-meter isn't already broken -- of a man with a dismal human rights record helping Iraq transition to "freedom.")

November can't come soon enough, I tell you.

posted by Michael 8:34 AM