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The war in Iraq is a historic, strategic, and moral calamity. Undertaken under false assumptions, it is undermining America’s global legitimacy. Its collateral civilian casualties as well as some abuses are tarnishing America’s moral credentials. Driven by Manichean impulses and imperial hubris, it is intensifying regional instability.If the United States continues to be bogged down in a protracted bloody involvement in Iraq, the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam at large. A plausible scenario for a military collision with Iran involves Iraqi failure to meet the benchmarks; followed by accusations of Iranian responsibility for the failure; then by some provocation in Iraq or a terrorist act in the U.S. blamed on Iran; culminating in a “defensive” U.S. military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a spreading and deepening quagmire eventually ranging across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,

2007-02-08 14:41:29 · 4 answers · asked by cassandra 6 in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

This testimony was given by Zbigniew Brzezinski on
February 1, 2007 and I've copied this testimony directly from the senate web page. It's available in .pdf on this page:
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg070201a.html

2007-02-08 14:46:07 · update #1

Brzezinski is a founding member of the trillateral commission, a hawk, and a former National Security adviser.

2007-02-08 14:48:18 · update #2

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Kissinger also tends to agree with that sentiment. Henry Kissinger was one of the best Secretaries of State we have ever had. For what it is worth Madeline Albright also agrees.

2007-02-08 14:53:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Let me let you in on a secret. So don't tell anyone. It has always been the plan to take down Iran. In order to place Iran in a two front war they needed to take Afghanistan and Iraq. They have just about done that. We the 40 nations in the coalition will be in Iran and Syria by the end of the year.

2007-02-08 14:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It would not marvel me. Does this supply us the right or the will to invade Iran? i'm hoping not. it really is the perfect element we decide on is yet another conflict. Then there is Korea, then Yemen, etc. the position does it supply up? we are so aggravating about debt and not in any respect adequate about dropping our youthful ones. same element is going for well being care. Do what's proper, we are going to live on.

2016-12-03 22:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It means that whoever said this has a pathological hatred of the administration.

2007-02-08 14:46:19 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1 1

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