04-15-2003, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: midwest side, yo
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thought i'd help you out so it wouldn't sound so single-sided.
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"I can assure you that, on behalf of the United States, and I think I speak for the coalition, that we have no interest, absolutely no interest in ruling Iraq. And we would like to see the establishment of an interim authority that can take increasing responsibility on behalf of the Iraqi people for their country to be established. We want you to establish your own democratic system based on Iraqi traditions, Iraqi values. This is a historic moment, I'm sure you realize, for Iraq, a historic opportunity for the Iraqis. I urge you -- I urge you -- to take advantage of this opportunity, to cooperate with each other, people who were overseas who are now coming back and people who have been here, and to establish a democratic system that fits your circumstances."
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"This is up to Iraqis to figure this out," said Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "This is not up to the U.S. to support one faction or another faction, and we will not do that. We will work very, very hard to let this be an Iraqi issue. Iraq has to figure out how to govern itself in the future," he said at a briefing in Washington for foreign journalists.
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