Iraq – Kerry’s Out of Touch!

I posted an earlier story Voting in Afghanistan pointing out the wonderful news. The Kerry campaign has made it a point to avoid discussing this break through unless they can find a flaw. Forget the fact the US, the symbol of Democracy throughout the world, has had their electoral problems over the years; is Kerry calling the United States of America a failure too?

Now, pleasant surprise, Stephen E. Moore has a commentary in the LA Times. In the commentary Mr. Moore states:

John Kerry is playing the prophet of doom in the most important foreign policy initiative of our generation. In Pennsylvania, Kerry described Iraq as "the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time." In New York, he opined that murderous cleric Muqtada Sadr "holds more sway in suburbs of Baghdad than Prime Minister [Iyad] Allawi." In Columbus, Ohio, the senator claimed to have a more accurate perspective on the situation in Iraq than did the interim prime minister, whose favorability rating of 73% among Iraqis, it's worth noting, is higher than Kerry's 48% favorability rating among Americans in the latest polls. Kerry, of course, has never set foot in Iraq.
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Iraqis consistently say in nationwide polls that the situation in their country is improving. In polls over the course of the summer, for example, more than half of Iraqis said their country was on the right track. The vast majority of Iraqis — 72% — see the same benefits in democracy as Americans do: the hope for peace, stability and a better life. Most polls show that 75% of Iraqis want to vote for their leaders rather than have clerics appoint them.

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