Gary:

So far Kerry’s sister who is acting as his campaign representative in Australia has told the Australian people that the Aussies made a mistake supporting America. They have an election on October 9. If John Howard’s challenger wins he will pull the troops from Iraq. So we have Kerry complaining about a lack of support for our troops in Iraq while a rep of his campaign is trying to damage an ally and get more troops pulled from a coalition that Kerry called the bribed and coerced, fruadulent, and in general treats like crap. What is next? Is he going to make Polish jokes? Call Tony Blair a poodle?

Kerry’s remarks about Allawi will be played all over Iraq, Zarqawi will love it. Allawi’s critics will eat it up. It could help make a bad situation worse than it already is and that in turn means more dead people. And what if Kerry wins? He has managed to alienate and insult America’s best hope in Iraq.

DeGualle hated Americans and made no secret of it, but this is not about the usual French perfidy or Viet Nam. This is about putting partisan politics ahead of everything, including your country and the men and women who serve it.

It just shows that Kerry has bad judgment. The Kerry campaign can say Allawi is too close to Bush, but whose fault is that?