Art Darden, before you knock Kerry for criticizing Allawi's speech, a little research is in order.

1) Find out what Allawi was before the Americans picked him to become Iraq's interim leader. (Hint: he worked for Saddam.)

2) Find out exactly how much of an American hand-picked puppet Allawi actually is. (Hint: 100%.)

3) Find out who wrote the speech that Allawi gave on his visit to the US. (Hint: the White House.)

Don't jump to conclusions before finding out what the truth is -- Allawi is an American tool.

I have no axe to grind here, btw.