U.S.diplomat:history will show US displayed "arrogance"and "stupidity"

[dajoki]

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/22/iraq.main/

Diplomat: U.S. arrogant, stupid in Iraq
POSTED: 10:22 a.m. EDT, October 22, 2006

Story Highlights• Senior U.S. diplomat speaks on American "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq

(CNN) -- A senior U.S. State Department diplomat told Arab satellite network Al Jazeera that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its handling of the Iraq war.

Alberto Fernandez, director of the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of Near East Affairs, made his comments on Saturday to the Qatar-based network.

"History will decide what role the United States played," he told Al Jazeera in Arabic, based on CNN translations. "And God willing, we tried to do our best in Iraq."

"But I think there is a big possibility ... for extreme criticism and because undoubtedly there was arrogance and stupidity from the United States in Iraq," the diplomat told Al Jazeera. (Watch Fernandez on Al-Jazeera -- :19)

"I can only assume his remarks must have been mistranslated. Those comments obviously don't reflect our policy," a senior Bush administration official said.

Fernandez told CNN that he was "not dissing U.S. policy."

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1. i don't think that history will wait long to

make that assessment -- and it will stick for all time.

[dajoki]

2. You are correct, my friend...

We already know it!!