Iraq One Of 'Worst Disasters' Of US Foreign Policy
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Original Source: Agence France-Presse
Via: Yahoo News
Sun Apr 23, 2006

Washington (AFP)--Invading Iraq is likely to go down as one of the worst US foreign policy blunders ever, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in an interview.

The former top US diplomat told the New York Times that Iraq's deposed leader Saddam Hussein,

"Was horrible. But I don't think he was an imminent threat to the United States."

"You can't go to war with everybody you dislike," Albright continued.

"I think Iraq may end up being one of the worst disasters in American foreign policy."

Albright who served under President Bill Clinton, said US foreign policy mistakes under President George W. Bush have left her feeling "sick" about America's current status in global affairs.

"A lot of the things that we worked on for eight years have unraveled. It is very hard," she told the Times.

"What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation," she added.

"I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below."

Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060423/pl_afp/usiraqalbright