I Believe That The American Administration Of Iraq Has Been Arrogant, Has Pursued Policies That Are Illegal In International Law And Has Been Ignorant And Incompetent. I Said This Very Forthrightly To The Senators. - SearchQuotes

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I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators.

Juan Cole

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