The Senator seems to think that he knows what’s going on in Iraq better than the Iraqi Prime Minister.

Of course, he probably just thinks that Allawi is an illegitimate puppet installed by the imperialist criminal Bush regime.

[Update at 2:20 PM EDT]

It was in response to this amazing question by a reporter:

Prime Minister Allawi told Congress today that democracy was taking hold in Iraq and that the terrorists there were on the defensive. Is he living in the same fantasy land as the president?

Did anyone hear this? Was the question serious, or was it veiled sarcasm at Kerry’s description of the president’s views? I can’t tell from just the words–one would have to hear the tone as well.

If the former, if the press thinks that this is helping their candidate, they’re living in a fantasy land.

similar thoughts.

It would seem that Mr. Kerry is only interested in cultivating “allies” whose foreign policy is opposed to that of the US, while treating with contempt our actual allies in this war (Britain, Australia, Italy, and now Iraq).

I don’t think that’s going to play well on November 2nd.

Mark Steyn has a current snapshot. It’s not a pretty picture:

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