Lockhart: Allawi is “A Puppet of the United States”
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The Kerry Spot has a quote from Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart:
While Kerry was relatively restrained in disputing Allawi’s upbeat portrayal, some of his aides suggested that the Iraqi leader was simply doing the bidding of the Bush administration, which helped arrange his appointment in June.
“The last thing you want to be seen as is a puppet of the United States, and you can almost see the hand underneath the shirt today moving the lips,” said Joe Lockhart, a senior Kerry adviser.
I’m running out of synonyms for “despicable.”