The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam’s regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.
AHMED CHALABINow, we need a joint military leadership so that the Kurds and the army can retake Mosul.
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The Kurds know that they won’t achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what the German foreign minister said in connection with the arms deliveries.
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Already, Islamic State has broad support in many cities there. And when they get there, it will once again come as a great surprise to everybody.
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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
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Islamic State is following a clear strategy. First, it wants to solidify its power in Iraq and Syria. Then, their fighters will try to advance to Syria’s Mediterranean coast.
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Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
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Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
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What was said before is not important.
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We need a united front against Islamic State and Assad happens to be the decisive power that can fight them. But the situation is preposterous because we also have to respect the calls for change. I would be in favor of a dignified change.
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The view that we hold in Iraq now is this – that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
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We are not panicking because we know that Islamic State cannot conquer the capital.
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If they are successful, that will be seen as their next great triumph. And then, their target will be Jordan, where things will be easy for them.
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Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new government. That will be difficult, but it is possible.
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The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.
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And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.
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