Does this make the Bush supporters want to beat themselves when it comes to the Iraq war?

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NEW YORK - In a rueful reflection on what might have been, an Iraqi government insider details in 500 pages the U.S. occupation's "shocking" mismanagement of his country — a performance so bad, he writes, that by 2007 Iraqis had "turned their backs on their would-be liberators."

"The corroded and corrupt state of Saddam was replaced by the corroded, inefficient, incompetent and corrupt state of the new order," run by President Bush Ali A. Allawi concludes in "The Occupation of Iraq.
Allawi writes with authority as a member of that "new order," having served as Iraq's trade, defense and finance minister at various times since 2003. As a former academic, at Oxford University before the U.S.-British invasion of Iraq, he also writes with unusual detachment.

The U.S and British-educated engineer and financier is the first senior Iraqi official to look back at book length on his country's four-year ordeal. Bush has made a terrible mistake. His troops have died for nothing.

Answer 1

Pretty amazing stuff.

But it will make no difference whatever to the Bush supporters. Their minds are made up, don't confuse them by quoting facts.

Uh, "Son of Boof", what does "relable" mean? Is it some obscure word only right-wingers know or is it merely a reflection of both your inability to spell "reliable" and to use a spell-checker?

Answer 2

Great guy. Go to Wikipedia or some other source and find out more.

"During the summer of 2004, Allawi made several controversial decisions. Most notably, his decision to support the invasions of both Najaf and Falluja made him extremely unpopular amongst Iraq's Shia and Sunni populations. He also announced the creation of General Security Directorate, a domestic spy agency, whose main role is to counteract terrorist groups and the Iraqi insurgency. He recruited some former agents of Saddam Hussein's secret police to form the General Security Directorate. He gave himself the powers to declare martial law.[17] He closed the Iraqi office of al Jazeera and nominated Ibrahim Janabi, a former Ba'athist and Mukhabarat officer, to head the newly created media regulator. He also made moves to eliminate Muqtada al-Sadr from the scene.[18]
Allawi led the Iraqi National Accord during the January 2005 Iraqi election. His campaign was mainly characterised by his attempt to improve his image, which had been seriously damaged as a result of his many unpopular decisions. His campaign reached a low point when he visited the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf on December 4, 2004, where a group of angry shia worshipers hurled their shoes at him. Later on, in a face saving statement, Allawi claimed that it was an assassination attempt, a claim that brought him much ridicule from Iraqis.[19]
The INA polled a distant third, with 14% of the vote, suggesting a lack of domestic support for Allawi's rule. This was probably due to, among other factors, his past membership in the baath party, numerous allegations of corruption and of financial fraud when he was prime minister (arrest warrants have been issued for ministers in his administration), and a real perception among Iraqis, both Shia and Sunni, that he has a somewhat thuggish character, reminiscent of Saddam Hussain. While he tried to give his bloc influence in the new assembly, at times courting mavericks and independents for support, the INA had almost no impact on subsequent political developments in the country.
In preparation for the next parliamentary elections that took place in Iraq in December 2005, Allawi formed an alliance between many groups, including secular Sunni and Shia groups and the Iraqi communist party under one electoral list, which was referred to as the Iraqi national list. However, despite a slick advertising campaign, and despite high expectations, this list performed extremely poorly in the polls. It only managed to secure 25 seats in the national assembly, a net loss of 15 seats since the January 2005 elections."

Answer 3

guy, that replaced into humorous whilst the dude threw the shoes at Bush. i do no longer think of that they gave him all too harsh of a punishment, all issues considered. all of us understand to no longer throw something on the President or a diplomat for that matter. And, Yeah..they could hate Bush. And Obama. And the common American for the reason that we are a "democracy" and since the U. S. protection stress took out the regime and killed a million harmless human beings over there, the common citizen could've been for the attack and take over. And to those who concept that we wanted to bypass to conflict on them over the 2nd lie, the only pointing out that their government sucked, are you kidding me? Is it fairly our agency? there are a number of that sense that the U. S. government sucks. How could you sense a pair of chinese language or Russian military coming over here--doing even though they felt like and destroying our families?

Answer 4

Oooh, an Iraqi government insider! Well for every insider that puts a negative spin on the situations their are several others that share opposite views. Just like American government insiders do. The big difference is the liberal media runs with the negative spin and buries the opposition!

Answer 5

Perhaps the UN could have done a better job. We shall never know, however, as they fled like Frenchmen as soon as things got dangerous.

I notice you have no alternative plan. Do you, by chance, vote Democrat?

Answer 6

Nope!

Answer 7

No, but I'd make an exception if you'd like to stand in.

Answer 8

I don't know. Do you want to beat yourself when we actually tell facts from RELABLE newspapers about liberals?

Answer 9

Nope.

Answer 10

hmmm... even though I can't see the accompanying photo, that's really not the kind of article that makes me want to beat myself.