Gary: I cant answer for Roger, but to me the tone of Kerry’s (and more significantly his campaign staff’s) remarks is a bit off the mark given where the situation is in Iraq and with elections coming up. (Iraqi elections). Kerry is certainly within his rights to criticize; but I would have thought it a bit more diplomatic had he met with the PM privately to find out why the PM took the position he did with respect to the situation in Iraq. Then I could have issues a more generic statement following that meeting. Kerry doesnt demonstrate a great deal of savoire faire in a diplomatic sense–in fact, his behavior, I felt, was downright tacky. But you and I are certainly free to disagree.