But the vice president's most sharply worded criticism was aimed at what he called Kerry's "condescension" to members of the 30-nation coalition now fighting alongside U.S. troops in Iraq.Thwap, take that Kerry."Senator Kerry calls these countries 'window dressing,'" Cheney said. "I am aware of no other instance in which a presumptive nominee for president of the United States has spoken with such disdain of active fighting allies of the United States in a time of war.
"[His] contempt for our good allies is ungrateful to nations that have withstood danger, hardship and insult for standing with America in the cause of freedom."