God Help Iraq

While young men and women put their lives on the line for the future of Iraq, this country’s best and brightest are doing a shit-ton of business there:

Last week, [former New York City police commissioner, onetime Homeland Security nominee and Jeanine Pirro adviser Bernie] Kerik put his contentious role in the [Pirro] campaign behind him for the more welcoming world of international terrorism, sneaking into Iraq for two days (ducking the media). There, it was as if the glory days were back. Vintage Kerik was on display: hulking, crisply dressed, a meeting with the minister of the interior. “A lot of it has to do with international funding for some of their national-security programs,” said Kerik when asked about the mission, which was unofficial. “There’s some things I may be able to do for them.”