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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
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.
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1. Bush's trotting Allawi out made his puppetness fair game. Caveat emptor. And Allawi IS a puppet.
2. The criticism that Kerry somehow endangered soldiers is crap. No kid in Baghdad watched Kerry on the news and said "Damnit, Allawi is a fraud - I'm joining the jihad!" Likewise, the jihadis didn't hold a meeting and say "now its officiial - the American with the long face says Allawi is a fraud! We must double our efforts."
3. To stifle legitimate criticism by calling it unpatriotic is about as treasonous as it gets. Perhaps you've forgotten that this nation was built on people registering dissatisfaction and airing impolite truths. Allawi is a puppet - that's a fact. It deserves air, and to argue that it puts soldiers in harm's way, even though it clearly does not, is pretty damn shitty and low.
4. Its not OK to tell the truth about Allawi, but its ok on rebuttal to exploit the troops by arguing, falsely, that Kerry's comments somehow put the troops in danger?
I see no patriots on either side, just chickenshits and chickenhawks. I'd like to slap some sense into the Dem chickenshits and just slap the teeth out of the Chickenhawks. I mean, really, is there anything lower than a person like Dick Cheney? His hard on for conflict and view that war is a natural condition indicates a man who you'd think would have gone to war. But he had "other priorities" during Vietnam. Really? So did a lot of people. I hate voting for these people, which makes me hate Kerry all the more for being such a collosal failure.
