The Billiken's Bluff

Noting that we seem to have a bit of an "American bias" here on the Bluff, I wanted to just throw something out there that I read on one from one of our blogging Billiken-brothers in Iraq. As we know, Allawi's speech here last week was met with admiration and applause by members of Congress, and by sneering indifference and mockery by the Kerry campaign. As we begin this last month of having to hear Kerry's gloomy and bitter defeatism before he passes into history, Americans who (like the UN, NATO, and large majority of the world) would embrace the new Iraqi government and support them in the challenges they face probably could have done without Kerry's final insult to the Iraqi government and its cause, culminating in Joe Lockhart's revolting description of Allawi as a "puppet" of the US.

But imagine having to hear that as an Iraqi?

From Ali at IraqtheModel:

Allawi’s speech was articulate, impressive and honest and most Iraqis I talked to lately share the same opinion with me, but much more impressive was the reaction of all members of the congress who were there. That was the American people there, the whole American nation not just republicans, standing and cheering not Allawi but what he stood for; IRAQ. They were showing support and friendship to Iraq not Allawi and that was a rare moment in history where the two nations Iraq and America stood as equal friends, no actually it was more like family as one American friend described. Insulting Allawi and Bush and the whole speech, speaking so harshly of that unique moment is an insult not to Bush or Allawi but to both the Iraqi and American nations, and yes that goes for everyone did that.

....you and I should thank God and America 9 million times and we would still be in debt. Just think whether you could’ve happened to you had you posted similar thoughts about any Iraq politician before the war. Oh but you weren’t posting before the war, nor did any other Iraqi, and I wonder why!

I’ll never stop telling what I believe is the truth and won’t stop fighting for that regardless of all the silly accusations and even threats sometimes. I’m not pro-Bush and I’m not pro-Allawi but I stand firmly with the new Iraq and with America. Iraq has run out of “historical leaders” and I guess there must be some people who still miss that time but they shouldn’t feel that bitter, as one can always visit one of our brother Arab and Muslim nations to remember the “good old days” that we, the vast majority of Iraqis are ready to give our lives to make sure they won’t be repeated.