The Murderous Serenity of a Sociopath February 16, 2011

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 16, 2011

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi admits that he lied about Iraq?s alleged weapons of mass destruction, and that his lies were used in the service of a war in which more than 100,000 civilians have been killed. The Bush administration described Janabi as a ?hero in error,? and the Iraqi expatriate insists that his lies were an act of virtue.

After fleeing Iraq in 1995, Janabi acquired a well-earned reputation as a serial liar and con artist. So well-known was his propensity for falsehood that the CIA gave him the code name ?Curveball.? He knew nothing of importance about Iraq?s weapons programs. Nevertheless, his stories provided the basis for the dramatic allegations made by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell in his early 2003 UN Security Council presentation.

Janabi recently told the Guardian of London that he is ?comfortable? with the role he played in precipitating the war. His is the serenity of the sociopath, a trait he shares with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the other war criminals who found Janabi useful.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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