HW 31: Responding to Riverbend

When doing the assigned reading I was interested in finding out a little more about who Ahmad Al-Chalabi is. In page 44 (Riverbend) it talks about how Chalabi "has finally achieved the epitome of his political aspirations". Chalabi is from a family of secular Shittes and is seen as being very optimistic. Chalabi is an Iraqi politician and the leader of the Iraqi national congress. He is the "Black Horse" that the United States wagered. He stood up for the Iraq liberation act. Most of the information that I found out was stuff about who he was and what he does and has done as a leader for the Iraqi people. This has to do with what were reading in the book right now because since he is an Iraqi leader, he obviously is an important role in what’s goes on in Iraq and has power over things, so its important to know who he is. The link that I found information on Chalabi gives some backround on him and then goes further into an interview. She talks about how she stays up to date with all his interviews and what not, which I find is important to know more about because, there’s a reason that she stays with them, and its probably a good one.