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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Allawi came to Congress to thank the US for liberating the people of Iraq and to describe to the joint houses of Congress the status on the ground. He spoke of the victories and the long road ahead. Contrary to some, he did not lie about the conditions on the ground and make up some stories of a "kite-flying paradise" like FatMoore. He also asked the US to stand firm in its resolve and mission.

Rather than perform his Senatorial duties (i.e. show up), Kerry chose instead to mock Allawi from afar. Kerry then sent out his "puppet" Joe Lockhart to further condemn the man.

Since Kerry's explicit agenda is to now turn-tail and run, and to get UN approval for any future defensive actions, I guess one could read Allawi's comments as "promoting Bush's agenda".

I thought you were just repeating GOP spin for fun, but then I got to this last paragraph, which is just plain ignorant. You guys betray a fear of Kerry and a deep concern about Bush when you insist on attributing to Kerry views he does not hold. On Kerry's "explicit agenda" for Iraq, he gave a speech a week ago at NYU* which prompted Bush to say that Kerry proposes "exactly what we're currently doing." The "UN approval" canard plays well with the black-helicopter crowd, but I would have thought you were above that.

* Fight ignorance: read it

eta: Oh, and spare some of your ire for Donald Rumsfeld why don't you?

THE PUREST FORM OF CUTTING AND RUNNING: Controversy exploded when Kerry foreign policy adviser Jamie Rubin advocated withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq even as the insurgency rages:

• Any implication that that place has to be peaceful and perfect before we can reduce coalition and U.S. forces I think would obviously be unwise because it's never been peaceful and perfect and it isn't likely to be.

Oh, sorry, that wasn't Jamie Rubin, or anyone else from the Kerry camp. It was Donald Rumsfeld on Friday, advocating the purest form of cutting and running there is--backing away under fire.

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