Those who were once allies of Bush are now deciding to tell the truth about what has happened these past 8 years. It's a bit late for Iraq, but I guess Allawi feels its better late than never. After reading Allawi's comments, something tells me Allawi wouldn't have blocked those shoes with his hands, as al-Maliki did.....although in retrospect, maybe al-Maliki was only making a feeble attempt to block the shoes because he had a sort of "Mona Lisa" smile on his face immediately after...
http://www.reuters.com/...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has denounced the policies of President George W. Bush as an "utter failure" that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country.
In an interview published on Saturday in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, Allawi found fault with American management of Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 as well as the government of present Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Allawi ruled Iraq for almost a year after U.S. occupation officials handed power to him in 2004 as prime minister of an interim government. He was selected by a council hand-picked by Washington after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
With the lone exception of AIDS relief efforts in Africa, every single thing that the Bush has touched has reeked of failure. He's the worst president in American history...from 9-11 to Katrina, from Iraq to Afghanistan, from Abu Ghraib to civil rights, from the economy and taxes to the "bail-out's" of the banks and mortgage companies....all epic failures.
"Yes, Bush's policies failed utterly," said Allawi, describing the U.S. administration that once backed him. "Utter failure. Failure of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including fighting terrorism and economic policy."
"His insistence on names like 'democracy' and 'open elections', without giving attention to political stability, was a big mistake. It cast shadows on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Egypt, and I believe this will be remembered in history as President Bush's policy," he said.
Bush's failures weren't failures for the Iranians, Chinese and Russians. For them he was a smashing success. And let's not forget the war profiteers such as Cheney and Rumsfeld and Halliburton and Blackwater.