~ there is nothing but hollowness in bush and cheney”s latest desperate attempts to slag kerry by saying that he is unfit to lead because he did not “respect” iyad alawi. their words are hollow because alawi deserves no respect; he is a ruthless killer picked from iraq”s secret police to serve as our strongman. americans shouldn”t think for a moment that this guy is a respectable ally*; the guy is a blood-stained dirtbag and everyone in iraq knows it; the moment our troops and mercenaries aren”t propping him up, expect to see that guy hanging from a bridge over the tigris.

*we will not note the irony of bush”s contrived indignation at the unkind words towards alawi, considering the treatment that real allies like france and germany have received from the bush administration.

~ furthermore, bush is continuing to lie:

“Fewer Iraqi security forces will be fully trained by the end of this year than cited by President Bush…according to Pentagon documents. The documents show that of the nearly 90,000 currently in the police force, only 8,169 have had the full eight-week academy training.” –Reuters

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