So The Idea That You Could Put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, And Sunni Arabs In A Nice, Liberal, Federal System In Iraq In A Short Amount Of Time, Six Months Or A Year, Boggles The Mind. - SearchQuotes

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So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind.

William Odom

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