Posted on 07/11/2006 12:55:31 PM PDT by presidio9
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright today harshly criticized the Iraq war, calling it the "biggest mistake in US history."
Asked by the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, whether the US invasion of Iraq was a mistake, Albright responded by saying that this is "likely the biggest wrong foreign policy decision in the history of the United States."
She pointed out that Washington did not take into account the repercussions of the Iraq war, according to the German-language transcript of Albright's interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau.
Albright made clear that America's reputation was "badly damaged, ts moral status undermined and its credibility in terms of rule of law harmed" in the wake of incidents at the Abu Ghraib prison.
The ex-US official added that America would face a hard time to restore its image as role model in the world.
The former top US diplomat said Washington was not aware of what was really going on inside Iraq like the important role of Islam in Iraq.
She called it "fatal" that the Iraq war is seen in the Arab states as an example of a western crusade against Islam.
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"Iraq is a long way from Ohio, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeleine Albright, President Clinton's Secretary of State
Town Hall Meeting on Iraq at Ohio State University
February 18, 1998
http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/02/20/98022006_tpo.html
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"No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators."
Madeleine Albright, President Clinton's Secretary of State
Town Hall Meeting on Iraq at Ohio State University
February 18, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/18/town.meeting.folo/
Bigger than slavery? Man, this is bad even for Madeline Half-bright.
Albright was the biggest mistake in US history............
I think Jimmy Carter was the biggest mistake.
But seriously, does she think slavery was a brighter idea?
Didn't Ms. "Not Bright" just write a book about jewelry? I think it was about broaches.
So, what the divine "Ms M" think the US should do now?
Ms. Albright might have just made the biggest mistake in her own history, if this comes to light.
Of course, I'd put up her and Willie-Boy giving Nukes to the North Koreans and rocket technology to the Chi-Coms, but hell, what do I know?
First, it wasn't a mistake. Bush did the right thing.
The two biggest mistakes in the last 40 years were Carter and Clinton, in that order.
Dear Madeline, you're even uglier than when you had power!
She's too friggin stupid to realize what a joke she herself was on the world stage.
No wonder the Mooslimbs think we're a bunch of pu$$ies.
This coming from the worst SecState in US history...LOL!
Hey, dude, you stole my line!!
We are a new world role model!
On second thought, you may be on to why the MSM here would give it a pass even if she did say it. Obviously not a very PC brain fart.
Conveniently forgotten.
Is she still going on about this exaggeration of hers? Oh, it is an old article, maybe she is working on a new exaggeration now.
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