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Sunday, October 22, 2006

U.S. State Dept Admits “Stupidity”

D’oh! After kicking al-Sadr’s ass in Amarah, we decided maybe we would want to negotiate with him (and Syria). Infact,

A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown “arrogance” and “stupidity” in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation.

In an interview with Al-Jazeera television aired late Saturday, Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department offered an unusually candid assessment of America’s war in Iraq.

“We tried to do our best but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq,” he said.

Original article here.

Comments

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Now State is backtracking a little and suggesting that Fernandez may have been mistranslated.

gregdn on October 22, 2006 at 04:59 am

Still, we were on Al-Jazeera saying we would negotiate with anyone but al Qaeda. That means Iran, Syria, and any other terrorist group that isn’t al Qaeda. Wow! <sarcasm> I bet Iran is really gonna quit making those a-bombs now! </sarcasm>


rasberry

Sparkie Arbuckle on October 22, 2006 at 05:20 am

This guy hasn’t been fired....why?


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