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Saturday, 21 October 2006
They didn't put me in charge!

Senior U.S. Diplomat Says
America Showed 'Arrogance,' 'Stupidity' in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Offering an unusually candid assessment of America's enterprise in Iraq, a senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq, but warned that failure in the violence-ridden Arab nation would be a disaster for the entire region.

In an interview with Al-Jazeera aired late Saturday, Alberto Fernandez, directo of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the U.S. State Department, also said the United States was ready to talk with any Iraqi group — excluding Al Qaeda in Iraq — to reach national reconciliation in the country, wracked by widening sectarian strife as well as an enduring insurgency. ...

Why is it some people never seem to grasp the concept of "I just work here"?

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al Jazeera's pet State Department mouthpiece
Michelle Malkin

Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department, is al Jazeera's favorite pet tool. He has been praised as "sassy" and is a fixture on Arab TV. From a Newsweek profile published in August, which proclaimed him "the face of the United States in the Middle East:"

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Well, last night, he appeared on the Arab news network to condemn America's arrogance and stupidity in Iraq (hat tip: LGF). Your tax dollars at work: ..

Posted by Bill Faith on October 21, 2006 at 06:41 PM in Iraq | Permalink

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