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Title: Donald Rumsfeld: George W. Bush Was Wrong About Iraq
Source: Bloomberg
URL Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a ... ge-w-bush-was-wrong-about-iraq
Published: Jun 8, 2015
Author: David Knowles
Post Date: 2015-08-12 00:19:31 by redleghunter
Keywords: None
Views: 5045
Comments: 11

When it comes to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, hindsight continues to turn up its share of surprises.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the staunchest defenders of the Iraq war, said in an interview with the Times of London that his boss, former President George W. Bush, was wrong to try to create democracy onto Iraq.

“The idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic. I was concerned about it when I first heard those words,” Rumsfeld said, adding, “I’m not one who thinks that our particular template of democracy is appropriate for other countries at every moment of their histories.”

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“The idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic. I was concerned about it when I first heard those words,” Rumsfeld said, adding, “I’m not one who thinks that our particular template of democracy is appropriate for other countries at every moment of their histories.”

You tell 'em Rummy.

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=25442

Rumsfeld Says Democracy Worth Effort in Middle East

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2004Iraq and Afghanistan's transition to democracy will be a long and hard effort, but it is worth the pain and sacrifice of so many, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Marines and sailors at Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 26.

Rumsfeld spoke at the Marine Corps Air Station. He thanked the Marines and sailors for their willingness to serve in the global war on terrorism and said they would look on their service in this fight the same way their grandfathers looked at their service in World War II.

Many scoffed at the United States after World War II for trying to mold Germany, Italy and Japan into democracies, Rumsfeld told the Marines and sailors. But through persistence and example that change was made, and now those three countries are among the world's staunchest democratic allies, he said. "It will not be an easy transition to democracy in Afghanistan or Iraq," he said. "It think it was Thomas Jefferson who said of our own transition that one should not expect to be transported to democracy in a featherbed. It is a tough thing to do."

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