Drezner
He mentions something that I have been thinking about also. I think it is very possible that some of the neocons don't mind the latest developments with Chilabi. Chilabi's influence had become absolutely nil. The Iraqi people had no confidence in him, the US had cut him off and were looking into his ties with Iran, Brahimi had stated publicly that he should have no place in the new Iraqi government and there were apparantly some complications trying to get info from him on the Saddam-UN oil for food program.
The neocon dream was dead. Chilabi had absolutely no popular support and his neocon friends couldn't lift a finger to help him without damaging themselves. What is the one and only thing that could boost his popularity in Iraq right now? A confrontation with the US where he pulls a Sadr.
It is hard to say if he is just lucky or good.
http://danieldrezner.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1311
