Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is far from perfect. But in decided contrast to the Middle East's dictators, strongmen, kings and emirs, he seems downright practical and modest. He wears the "interim" label with pride in a region where rulers are accustomed to serving in office for life. America's enemies, from the Baathist dead-enders to the al Zarqawi Islamofacist cut-throats oppose the right of the Iraqi people to freely choose their own government. So does much of the UN's Hate America crowd. And here at home, we find the Democratic presidential candidate arrogantly declaiming Arabs don't deserve the same freedoms as Americans do. We should just abandon them to the tender mercies of the very people who have been looting, torturing and killing them for decades. All because we are too soft to pay the price necessary to ensure America's safety. That is why not only Allawi but President Bush are the right men at the right time and in the right place at this critical juncture in world affairs. It ought to behoove all freedom-loving men and women to support the Iraqi people's right to choose their next government in free and fair elections. Then and only then will we begin to see the tide shift in the War On Terror.
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is far from perfect.
Who is...well except for you and I.:-)