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Originally posted by taxwonk
I thought the plan was to stabilize the country to the point where elections could be held. Then nobody would need a puppet.
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If by puppet you mean we had a hand in picking him, our troops are necessary for his government's survival and he can't do too much we disagree with, then he is a puppet. But he is a puppet of the US government, not Bush. If Kerry wins the Iraq government will still be as much his puppet for the forseeable future. Kerry ridiculed someone/something he'll need.
What makes it worse is that he didn't have to attack Allawi, he could have said something Allawi-neutral which still makes his point. I'm willing to bet he would have been better off if he had. In the debates he will claim to have great diplomatic chops. If I were Bush the attacks on the UK/Australia and now this would be my first response to that horseshit. We'll see.
