perfidy

So they've picked the commission who will try Saddam Hussein for all those crimes against humanity. That's awesome. But who the hell's idea was it to put Ahmad "Mr. Popular" Chalabi's nephew in charge of affairs?

Look, it's important that Hussein get as fair a trial as he can, given that the blood on his hands is more like a giant pool he can swim around in, but Chalabi is a scam artist and including his family on this court raises the risk that the court's legitimacy can be called into question. How hard would it have been to not listen to Chalabi's baseless posturings just once? He's already a walking joke.

Then again, I'm asking this question of the same people who feel that John Negroponte's record is sound enough to put in charge of the whole freaking country despite no Middle East training or experiene, not speaking the language, and a blood-sauna of his own.