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Suskind: Rumsfeld declared that Iraq would ‘bend’ and ’succumb’ to U.S. views.
thinkprogress.org - 8/6/2008
Suskind: Rumsfeld declared that Iraq would ‘bend’ and ’succumb’ to U.S. views.
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Interviewed on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, Ron Suskind, author of a new book that reveals that the White House forged a letter concocting a fake link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 , criticized the administration’s pre-war arrogance. For example, Donald Rumsfeld once claimed that the U.S. could easily “bend” Iraq to think like the West: SUSKIND: One ...

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Main and Central — ... Now, this particular quote blew me away... "In Anbar, they love the Marines. If anyone tells you different, they are lying," said Brig. Gen. Ali, commander of an Iraqi unit in the area. "The Iraqi people are very happy Americans are helping them go from dark to light." Hello...? I'm sure the residents of Fallujah are just ecstatic with their presence...! Can anybody be more out of touch with reality...? Oops, I stand corrected... Rummy: “We will bend Iraq to our reality. They will succumb to our view of how things should ...

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