In a move that is obviously political,
Allawi has announced that Saddam's trial will begin in October.
It's going to be a very transparent and very just trial," Allawi said. "We are going to ensure that. But I don't think it's going to take a long time because the evidence against him is so much."
Allawi specifically mentioned that the death penalty was an option. One has to wonder if it will be carried on live TV on Nov. 1st.
How transparent can Rove's efforts get before people look behind the curtain? Are the Iraqi people going to fall for this as well, or is this only for the benefit of the American electorate?
However, my favorite quote from Mr. Allawi has to be this amazing statement straight from the Bush campaign playbook:
Allawi downplayed the magnitude of the Iraqi insurgency.
"It's still raging in Iraq; it's not getting stronger; it's getting more desperate," Allawi said. "We are squeezing out the insurgency. We are extending an olive branch to the fringes of the insurgency."
Does the man bother to look out his own windows? Actually, this is obviously a bald face lie on his part, and even some republicans are starting to figure that out:
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, disagreed with such upbeat assessments in his appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation."
"The fact is, we're in trouble," Hagel said. "We're in deep trouble in Iraq. We need more regionalization. We need more help from our allies; we need the Iraqi people to come around us in a more supportive way."
I have a neighbor who thinks that the war in Iraq is the greatest thing since sliced bread, because they're "so much better off over there now". And this man is a scientist. Lies about Iraq work because they play to what people would like to believe.