When Daniel Drezner and Matther Yglesias agree on something it's got to be good.

They both link to this New Yorker article on Iraq. Much of it is depressing, so I think I'll quote a part that't not.

The sheikh had an agenda: he wanted me to introduce him to important Americans. At our first meeting, he asked, “Did they come here to pay a visit, or did they come to put their hands on the country?” At our second meeting, he welcomed me with a kiss on both cheeks and said, “I like you. I feel that I’ve known you for years.” At our third, he said, “There are hidden bodies swimming in the sky. Maybe our hidden bodies met in the sky before we met each other, and that’s why we get along so well.” At our fourth, when I came with several C.P.A. officials who had thousands of dollars to dole out to groups like his, he exclaimed, “George must have some Arab blood!”