Clinton Working The Only Option
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton said Americans should move past lingering divisions over the invasion of Iraq and it was time to focus instead on establishing a successful democracy there.
"Whether it's a mistake or not, we ought to try to make this strategy succeed and support that strategy. It's the only option having to make the sacrifices mean something," the ex-president told CNN television.
"We did what we did, we are where we are," Clinton said.
"Eighteen-hundred Americans have given their lives, thousands of Iraqis have died trying to give their country a future.
"So where we are now, it's important to try to continue this effort to train the security forces and the military forces, which the administration and our military have undertaken. We have to try to make this work," Clinton said.
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Strange how Americans "give their lives" but Iraquis merely "die" isn't it? Reminds me of how Israelies tend to get "killed" while Palestinians are "ammong the dead". I guess what Clinton means is that American troops /choose/ to be there (kinda) and "knew the risks" when the signed up (as if) but it would be more credable if they weren't firing on almost anything that moves, or doesn't, with "getting home safe" being the "number one priority". Far from "giving their lives", US troops are extracting a high price in innocent Iraqui dead
for them.
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