“I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.”

—  Paul Wolfowitz

2003
Press conference in Mosul, Iraq (July 21, 2003) Commentary on comments by Wolfowitz http://home.earthlink.net/~platter/neo-conservatism/wolfowitz.html.

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