Viva La Oil Minister!

(photo caption) New Iraqi Oil Minister Ahmed Chalabi.

While President Bush's polls numbers maintain their freefall, he still doesn't seem to have learned any lessons through his numerous public failures.

To wit, Ahmed Chalabi -- the Iraqi national who provided the Bush Administration with much of the "intelligence" regarding Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction prior to the U.S.'s 2003 invasion of Iraq -- has been named Iraqi Oil Minister.

I'll repeat: Ahmed Chalabi, discredited Iraqi informant, is now Iraqi Oil Minister.

Arrogance or ignorance?