Kerry: Allawi's Take on Iraq Unrealistic

AP ^ | Sep 23, 2004 | NEDRA PICKLER

[Pylot]

The only one telling a different story is sKerry.

He is toast.

[NeoCaveman]

Is it a handful or tens of thousands pouring in over the border?

In a country of 26 million, 25 thousand is a handful.

[rintense]

So we're supposed to trust the views of a man who exaggerated alleged atrocities in Vietnam versus a man who actually lives in Iraq, governs Iraq, and has daily experience with the Iraqi people???

We're supposed to trust a man who believes the terrorism threat is exaggerated versus a man who acknowledged small pockets of insurgents but gives an overall vision of hope for the Iraqi people, including 13 of 18 provinces ready for elections now?

We're supposed to believe a man who not only skipped Allawi's speech, but took the opportunity to discredit his words versus a man who came here, humble and grateful, and thanked ALL Americans?

We're supposed to trust a man who says Americans need to know the truth when he has spent a career embellishing lies and twisting the truth, versus a man who lives the truth every single day in a country liberated from a brutal dictator?

So we're supposed to trust Kerry over Allawi?

No way, Johnny boy. Allawi has shown today that he's a better candidate than you.

[Lee Heggy]

Depends on which border you mean. The one between us here in Missouri and Kansas which daily sees several thousand folks fleeing to Missouri or Colorado or the one with Mexico which might as well not exist or the one around Iraq which is pretty vague.

[rintense]

RUSH! STOP STEALING MY STUFF!!!! :)

[lugsoul]

Does your answer mean that it is 25 thousand? Do you have a source for that? Because the last intelligence figure I saw on "insurgents" was 210,000. Which is only a "handful" is you think that we have a "handful" of troops in Iraq.

[rintense]

Once again, STOP STEALING MY STUFF!!! At least give me a plug. Sheesh. Being a ghost writer sucks. :)

[NeoCaveman]

Does your answer mean that it is 25 thousand? Do you have a source for that?

I'm going with Ollie North's number. And no I don't have a link. I heard him this morning on the radio.

[Iberian]

Both, of course.

[ADemocratNoMore]

> I think he has just alienated a huge base of his party.

The party, (Dims) alienated me with its post 9/11 reaction to the President's response to the Islamofaschists, hence, my screen name.

[DouglasKC]

Absolutely amazing. The PM of Iraq gives a major speech full of thanks and gratitude to the United States and Kerry cheapens it into a political stunt. Incredible.

[Iberian]

Cheney is just toying with him. Wait till he gets a hold of Edwards in the VP debates.

[reed13]

Well - yeah - that's what I was trying to say - didn't articulate it well, but I was trying to say Kerry is attempting to fight at a level below what he is aiming for in the election.

AND he isn't winning that battle either - which just demonstrates that he isn't capable of even the VP role let alone POTUS.

[pointsal]

For a while, I thought it was Teri-the-money-honey with the loose lips, but Spandex-Johnny is also far too mouthy.

[Mike Darancette]

In other words, Allawi is a liar.

True /False, Will sentiments like this:
Cause the Iraqi insurgents to lose heart?
Cause more allies come on board?
Cause Al-Queda to lose heart?
Make America safer?
Make Iraq safer?
Make the world safer?
Make the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan safer?
Convince the Iraqi people that the US is in for the long haul should he be elected?
Make Allawi a more effected and trusted leader?
Convince the Iraqi people that America can help>
Endear himself to the American People?

If you answered true to any of these you are as clueless as Kerry and his creatures.

OBTW: If jerry is elected (God forfend) what will he do when Allawi tells him to get his troops out of Iraq?

[valleygal]

I correspond on a daily basis with one of the troops and get to hear the positive stuff that's going on on a daily basis.

I don't buy this, "the troops tell a diferrent story". Some maybe, but not the majority.

[Kaslin]

Is he for real?

What a dope

[katdawg]

I'm glad I found this article posted! I tried to post it and got mocked because is was a duplicate post.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is, Kerry needs to keep talking...He makes himself look worse and worse the more he says!

[Raquel]

What makes Kerry look even more incredibly stupid, is that Allawi gave a tremendous, earnest detailed speech both before Congress (many standing ovations), and also before the press. Kerry's arrogance and defeatist position does not nor will resonate with the American people. Kerry isn't helping anyone, and is in fact hurting our troops, just like he did in 1971.

[hawkiye]

before we went into Iraq The left said we would loose a hundred thousand troops. They were wrong!

The left said we didn't have enough troops on the ground to pull it off. They were wrong!

Two weeks into the campaign the left said we were bogged down and in a quagmire. A week later we were in Baghdad. They were wrong again.

The left said it would be a nightmare of urban fighting in Baghdad and we couldn't win. Again they were wrong.

Now the left are saying again we don't have enough troops. They are wrong.

The left is saying again we are bogged down in a quagmire. Again they are wrong.

The left again says we are losing despite conditionS in Iraq being far above prewar conditions . Again they are wrong.

The death rate is higher in Washington DC then in Iraq. Granted Americans and Westerners are targets of the insurgents however Iraq is far better off then with Saddam in power.

The Left thinks if they just repeat the same tired rhetoric and cliches over and over perhaps it will stick. Once Again THEY ARE WRONG!