Sen. John Kerry has repeatedly criticized President George Bush’s handling of the Iraq war, specifically the process of building a coalition of nations to remove Saddam Hussein and bring democracy to Iraq.

Yet Kerry and his people have overlooked many aspects of foreign relations and simply do not understand.

Kerry has repeatedly said that he could bring those countries that voted against the war and Iraq back to our side. Yes, the relations have soured since Iraq, but how is a president expected to repair relations with these countries when his people are verbally betraying the allies we do have?

After Ayad Allawi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, spoke to Congress telling them of his experience in Iraq and the progress he and the American leaders have made, Kerry’s campaign responded with the eloquence and conviction that will surely bring France, Germany and the coalition of the weak back to our side.

“The last thing you want to be seen as is a puppet of the United States, and you can almost see the hand underneath the shirt today moving the lips,” said Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart.

That is someway to keep alliances strong. What does the country of Iraq think when we say that about their leader, who is risking his life every day to bring them peace and democracy? This will not help us pass Kerry’s “global test.”

Then again, that test may not be passable anyway. Kerry and many others have been critical, despite supporting it at the time, of going into Iraq without the other nations of the United Nations security council.

Since then more and more facts have been coming out about that vote and the motives behind it. The UN started an Oil-for-Food program with Iraq. It started as a humanitarian aid program to exchange Iraqi oil for food for the people of Iraq.

However, the program quickly turned into Iraqi oil for money to fund Saddam’s lavish palace lifestyle, the Iraqi military and the same terrorists that are killing American forces today. The General Accountability Office, which is investigating the scandal, has already marked Saddam as earning $10.1 billion from the program, according to a Fox News report.

The investigations that aren’t being blocked by Kofi Annan are also yielding evidence that those countries that voted against bringing democracy to Iraq were making billions of dollars off the scandal.

“I think clearly American blood is in the hands of a number of European countries, who could have put pressure on Saddam, who could have looked him in the eye and said, ‘The United States is coming in and to me some of that explanation clearly has to be the Oil-for-food program,” Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., told Fox News.

Shrug that off as “the conservative Fox News ” reporting, but Shays, a man who is on the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, said it.

The French and the Russians along with the Chinese were profiting from the program’s kickback and did not vote to remove Saddam because they did not want to take their business partner out of office.

After 17 resolutions in 12 years and corruption throughout, the UN could not be trusted on this decision, and thank God Bush went ahead with what is best for this country and the world.

Of course Kerry would have too, according to his voting record (Yes, there actually is one). So, I guess I should change that sentence to thank God Bush stuck to his guns and did what was right even when the polls were less than favorable.