Holbrooke: Iraq civil war is raging out of control (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Holbrooke: Iraq civil war is raging out of control

By Arshad Mohammed
28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Holbrooke, a former senior U.S. diplomat and
a possible Democratic secretary of state, on Thursday described Iraq as a
"civil war raging out of control" and a foreign policy crisis worse than Vietnam.

Holbrooke, who has served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as
the top U.S. diplomat for Europe and for East Asia, said it would likely fall
to the next U.S. president to decide whether and how to extricate America
from the conflict.

Regarded as a potential secretary of state if the Democrats win the White
House in 2008, Holbrooke delivered an unsparing assessment of U.S. President
George W. Bush's foreign policy during a lecture on U.S.-Turkish relations.

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"Iraq already presents us with the worst situation internationally in modern
American history. Worse even than Vietnam," Holbrooke added, noting he
served in Saigon and worked on Vietnam in Washington and at the Paris
peace talks.

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