The "vision" was Chalabi's from the get-go. He just made the neocon fools think it was theirs. As his daughter said:
[her father’s problems could be traced to the fact that] “a foreigner, and an Arab, had beaten the Administration at their own game, in their own back yard.”
Read Digby's post poking around into the real story of Ahmad Chalabi.
....or do what you want....you will anyway.