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Originally posted by taxwonk
Why? On what basis do we have to give Allawi a free ride, or Bush a free pass on trooping his bitch out to garner votes? Because he is the face of the "free" Iraq? Gimme a fucking break.
Lockhart spoke the truth. Allawi's appearance in the US was a cynical move by the Administration and calling them on it was perfectly valid.
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Is replacing Allawi a part of Kerry's grand plan? If not, he severely compromised a guy who has to do a lot in the future. Not very smart.
If he plans to replace Allawi, then who is treating the government of Iraq as a puppet?
American soldiers will keep dying until there is some semblance of a Government in Iraq. Calling what is there now a puppet, simply because you fear you've lost some votes, is desparate and frankly sick. If JFK felt he had to say something, he could have deflected the allawi statements with something much less damaging:
"Mr. Allawi seemed to say things are going fine. I strongly disagree, and feel things can be a lot better, and shortly after I'm elected I believe Mr. Allawi will agree."
In the end they're both running to run the country. They shouldn't be doing crap to achieve that goal which ultimately hurts the country.
