Allawi gets US lobbyists
It's rather significant that Ayad Allawi has hired big time Republican lobbyists (Haley) Barbour, Griffith, and Rogers in his effort to try to reclaim leadership of Iraq. Robert Blackwill, former White House envoy in Iraq from 2004 is involved in the deal.
My observation is this: Within the violent cauldron of Iraqi militias and politics, Allawi sees his best opportunity for power, not by influencing Iraqis, but by targeting Washington politicians.
Allawi is a man without an Iraqi constituency which is exactly how we got Maliki and the stagnation that now permeates Iraqi politics. Allawi has no chance without a US installation.
(By the way, I wouldn't hire BGR. I would seek out the guys who promoted Chalabi. They did a hell of a job. They generated an entire war and nearly installed Chalabi as president.)
Later: CNN headlines, "Major Republican firm lobbying to undermine Maliki."
My observation is this: Within the violent cauldron of Iraqi militias and politics, Allawi sees his best opportunity for power, not by influencing Iraqis, but by targeting Washington politicians.
Allawi is a man without an Iraqi constituency which is exactly how we got Maliki and the stagnation that now permeates Iraqi politics. Allawi has no chance without a US installation.
(By the way, I wouldn't hire BGR. I would seek out the guys who promoted Chalabi. They did a hell of a job. They generated an entire war and nearly installed Chalabi as president.)
Later: CNN headlines, "Major Republican firm lobbying to undermine Maliki."
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