Right-Wing Operatives Plot To Overthrow Maliki, Replace Him With Reliable Collaborator Allawi
The powerful Republican lobbying group of Barbour Griffith & Rogers is plotting an effort to displace Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and supplant him with former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. IraqSlogger reported:
BGR’s work for Allawi includes the August 17 purchase of the Web site domain Allawi-for-Iraq.com.
In recent days, BGR sent hundreds of e-mail messages in Allawi’s name from the e-mail address DrAyadAllawi@Allawi-for-Iraq.com.
BGR’s staff is stacked with conservative operatives with extremely close ties to the White House. Its president is Bush’s former envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Robert Blackwill. Philip Zelikow, a former Counselor to Condoleezza Rice, serves as a senior adviser to the firm. Lanny Griffith, chief executive officer, is a Bush Ranger having raised at least $200,000 for Bush in the 2004 presidential election. And Ed Rogers, chairman and founder of the firm, has been a reliable political ally for the Bush White House.
Allawi has been described as “Saddam lite.” In 2004, he handcuffed and blindfolded suspected terrorists and shot them in the head with a pistol. Now, with frustrations mounting against current prime minister Maliki, the administration may be using that as an opportunity to usher in its reliable ally Allawi. In a Washington Post op-ed last week, Allawi wrote a piece that seemed to be an effort to curry favor with the White House. (ThinkProgress)
Back to the idealic and irreproachable days of Ronald Reagan!
Ah Bush was advertised as the second coming, wasn’t he?
Now we’re discarding lawful election results in Iran just like Florida in 2002?
And installing and supporting murderers. I just wish Rumsfeld had his picture taken with Allawi. It would go very well on the dining room wall next to his picture with Saddam in 1983.
In 1983, Rumsfeld was personal President envoy to Saddam.
Same old solutions. Same old outcomes. That’s exactly why we don’t call the GOP a progressive political party.
There almost certainly are photos of Rumsfelt and Allawi.
Wikipedia calls Allawi a politically-secular Shia Muslim and former Ba’athist (is that like a gay or minority Republican?).
I wonder what his Sunni vs. Shia loyalties are.
We should send Paul Wolfowitz to run Iraq. The reason why is everything he recommended went wrong and he is Jew in a Muslim Country as we all know two negatives make a positive.
BTW he is looking for a job and I am sure the World Bank would give him a great reference other than HR issues. And as dictator HR issues are no big deal.
LOL!!!
I think the key to success in Iraq is knowing how to use the waterboard. It’s part of the whole “Bath party”.
The Wolfowitz idea is appealing. According to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, he’s brilliant, never did anything wrong at the World Bank…
LOL!
Think of his resume’ after Iraq!
Planned the destruction of Iraq.
Planned the destruction of the World Bank.
Caused the destruction of the United States Constitution.
He’ll be running MicroSoft or GE.
Nothing as low brow as GM or Ford.