I read in Al-Quds Al-`Arabi that Ahmad Chalabi (who was assumed to be the most popular leader in Iraq while the Bush administration was preparing for war relying on the advise of the likes of Kanan Makiya--who offered the "sweets and flowers" prediction) is planning to form a new "liberal" political party in Iraq. Is that not enough reason to abhor liberalism in all its forms? And Chalabi's old party got him zero seats in the last parliamentary election. I predict that his new party will get him minus zero seats in the next election.