Hillary Clinton: U.S. military assistance to Iraqi government must have specific conditions
Hillary Clinton: U.S. military assistance to Iraqi government must have specific conditions
By Wesley Lowery at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-us-military-assistance-to-iraqi-government-must-have-specific-conditions/2014/06/13/ea4b994c-f275-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.html
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She was sharply critical of the Iraqi government and specifically Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has requested U.S. assistance in stopping an extremist insurgency that threatens to topple the nation.
You dont have a government that can inspire loyalty even among its army and certainly not among its disparate groups, Clinton said.
Clinton described the current Iraqi government as dysfunctional, unrepresentative and authoritarian. The negotiation of conditions for military assistance will be a delicate and difficult task . . . because we certainly dont want to fight their fight, she said.
Theres no reason that I know of that we would ever sacrifice a single American life for that, she added.
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