European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too, acted correctly.
AHMED CHALABIThere is no Kurdish state. But that shouldn’t prevent the Kurds from continuing to develop their own institutions. Still, the best thing for them would be to remain a part of Iraq, but in return we must treat them with respect – their nationality, their language and their culture.
More Ahmed Chalabi Quotes
-
-
Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly.
AHMED CHALABI -
All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
AHMED CHALABI -
The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place.
AHMED CHALABI -
You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt.
AHMED CHALABI -
The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations.
AHMED CHALABI -
Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.
AHMED CHALABI -
Maliki saw Islamic State as a way to exert pressure. If I am not re-elected, terror will befall you – that was his message.
AHMED CHALABI -
What was said before is not important.
AHMED CHALABI -
Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.
AHMED CHALABI -
Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
AHMED CHALABI -
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.
AHMED CHALABI -
Are Iraqis ready to carry the responsibility for their country? Is Iraq ready to be its own master?
AHMED CHALABI -
America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I’d rather be America’s enemy.
AHMED CHALABI -
The Kurds’ achievement was outstanding, both militarily and diplomatically.
AHMED CHALABI -
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.
AHMED CHALABI