August 2005The best democracy is far from home“[Iraqi parliamentarians] will all be fighting for the last seat on the American helicopter fleeing the green zone when the Americans leave. For us, the Kurds, we will just go up in the mountains.” – Unnamed Kurdish parliamentarian in Baghdad. About the unreality of framing an Iraqi constitution in Baghdad's Green Zone as chaos and violence prevailed in the rest of the country. August 2005.
How do you answer this?“What was the noble cause for which my son died?.” – Cindy Sheehan, mother of US soldier killed in Iraq. While camped outside Bush's vacation home, about the question she wants to ask President Bush if he agrees to meet with her. August 2005.
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