Allawi: American Puppet
Terrorist leader and murderer of hundreds of innocents, Al Zarqawi, released a statement attacking Prime Minister Allawi's credibility as the leader of the Iraqi people, after Allawi spoke before the US Congress on Thursday.

Al Zarqawi said,

The last thing you want to be seen as is a puppet of the United States, and you can almost see the hand underneath the shirt today moving the lips.

Oh, wait a second. Let me double-check my notes....

No, that was actually a statement by Joe Lockhart, a "senior advisor" to John's Kerry's campaign.

And Kerry himself pretty much declared this new American ally a liar:

Shortly after Allawi, the interim government's prime minister, gave a rosy portrayal of progress toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted Allawi's own statements as well as the reality on the ground.

"I think the prime minister is obviously contradicting his own statement of a few days ago, where he said the terrorists are pouring into the country," Kerry said. "The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA estimates, the reporting, the ground operations and the troops all tell a different story."

But reading the full Allawi quote from Sunday, we learn that John Kerry probably can't tell his ass from his elbow when it comes to fighting terrorists:

Kerry was referring to comments Allawi made Sunday on ABC's "This Week." But Allawi also expressed optimism about the mission in that appearance.

"Foreign terrorists are still pouring in, and they're trying to inflict damage on Iraq to undermine Iraq and to undermine the process, democratic process in Iraq, and, indeed, this is their last stand," Allawi said. "So they are putting a very severe fight on Iraq. We are winning. We will continue to win. We are going to prevail."

Before this gets out of hand, somebody needs to connect the Kerry campaign's dots for them. So why not me?

Mr. Kerry, in the unfortunate circumstance that you become President, by your own logic, Allawi will become your puppet! Isn't it going to be a little bit difficult to maintain the legitimacy of the new Iraqi government, given your own record of statements calling him a liar, and your campaign's calling him an American puppet?

Of course, this is par for the course for the Kerry campaign. Last I heard Kerry's sister was down in Australia attempting to rip apart the Australian-American alliance:

John Kerry's campaign has warned Australians that the Howard Government's support for the US in Iraq has made them a bigger target for international terrorists.

Diana Kerry, younger sister of the Democrat presidential candidate, told The Weekend Australian that the Bali bombing and the recent attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta clearly showed the danger to Australians had increased.

We are at war in Iraq, right? The Australians are with us in Iraq. So could someone tell me why this behavior isn't treasonous? Seriously, I would like to know.

And isn't Kerry's plan to save Iraq supposed to be to bring in more international support? So how is constantly referring to Iraq as a "disaster", calling Allawi an American puppet and a liar, and telling allies they are safer if they abandon America supposed to help? Is this part of your plan, Kerry? Aren't you supposed to be the "smart" candidate?

Would somebody please remind me why John Kerry is supposed to be so "electable"? It truly boggles the mind.

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- posted by The Dutchman @ 1:59:00 PM