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"So Poodle was rewarded."
"How? He won the elections and still lost his job."
"A bit different in our part of the world, isn't it? People lose the elections but get to keep their job."
"Don't be facetious."
"But seriously Poodle was rewarded."
"How? Did he get some lucrative contract post-retirement in the US?"
"That most certainly he will get. But not because of his dedicated poodleship to Bush for the entire duration of Bush's presidency! Lucrative contracts he would get because of the US system that almost as a matter of routine invites former heads of state or government on the lecture circuit."
"Ah, I see. So how was he rewarded?"
"Well, the US Iraq study group had a video link with him on Tuesday and his views were solicited."
"What ever does that mean?"
"That means he will have influence over the US change in policy in Iraq."
"A change in policy due to the electoral victory of the Democrats!"
"Yes."
"But tell me haven't senior US journalists and several US senators also been asked and have already expressed their views on a change in policy on Iraq to the Study Group?"
"Yes."
"So where is Poodle's exclusivity?"
"Well, it's not there."
"So how do we know his own views that seem to be evolving at almost as great a speed as the US President's."
"I know it sounds strange for a leader operating in the old and tried democracy..."
"And this is in spite of the fact that Poodle has known all along that his own people who voted him to power have been against the Iraq war since almost day one."
"Yes, but he is paying a price for this."
"In terms of losing his job?"
"Yes, but still remember that both Bush and his Poodle are being forced to change due to the will of the American people."
"And not the British people, hunh!"
"No I wonder would the UK example apply to us?"
"I am sure there will be repercussions of a Democratic victory in the US..."
"But would the people vote against the present dispensation in next year's elections."
"If wishes were horses..."
"In this case they certainly aren't."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2006

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