Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new government. That will be difficult, but it is possible.
AHMED CHALABIThe 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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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.
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The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.
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The Kurds’ achievement was outstanding, both militarily and diplomatically.
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What was said before is not important.
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Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq.
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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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All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
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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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Not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.
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America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I’d rather be America’s enemy.
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Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
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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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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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European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
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