Monday, June 20, 2005
Quote of the Day
"Well, where is all this heading?" And no kidding, he said to me, "A 10-division Iraqi armed force." And I lost it at that point, the only time in the whole trip I just lost it. I said, "Ten divisions! The United States Army has 10 divisions!" And he said, "And two mechanized divisions." I said, "We have two mechanized divisions! You're going to create an Iraqi army as big as the American Army? Are you nuts?" And then the next PowerPoint chart comes up: "Well, we need a division here and we need a division here and we need a division"—it became very apparent to me that these 10 divisions were to fight some future war against Iran. It had nothing to do—nothing to do—with taking that country over from us and fighting the insurgents.
—Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, in a speech recounting his 10 days in Iraq
—Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, in a speech recounting his 10 days in Iraq
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