[laconic]

Good, I’m glad he’s dead, the only sad thing is that it didn’t happen 15 years ago before Chalabi lied us into a needless war for his personal gain, the fools in the national security apparatus believed him, and we lost 4,400 of our best and bravest young men and women, countless others maimed for life, and trillions spent for what?

[Alberta's Child]

As time goes on, it gets easier and easier to envision a scenario where Chalabi was basically an Iranian agent collaborating with the U.S. government to eliminate Iran’s neighboring strongman.

[silverleaf]

This

[Trumpinator]

Good, I’m glad he’s dead, the only sad thing is that it didn’t happen 15 years ago before Chalabi lied us into a needless war for his personal gain, the fools in the national security apparatus believed him, and we lost 4,400 of our best and bravest young men and women, countless others maimed for life, and trillions spent for what?

A good con artists knows that the 'mark' has to also wants to be fooled - to believe in the end result if not the process.