Iraq vice president: U.S. invasion was "idiot decision"

[Quixote1818]

By Stella Dawson

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was an "idiot decision" and Iraqi troops now need to secure Baghdad to ensure the country's future, Vice-President Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday.

"Iraq was put under occupation, which was an idiot decision," Mahdi said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Mahdi said the Iraqi government planned to bring troops in to Baghdad from surrounding areas and said it was "a technical question" for the United States to decide whether to deploy more soldiers.

President George W. Bush plans to send another 21,500 troops to Iraq, a move widely criticised in the United States. On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted against the decision, which is due to go before the Senate next week.

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[MadMaddie]

1. Uh...Oh...things don't seem to be going well for the * cabal..

[Captain Hilts]

2. Ungrateful wretch!!! nt

[Hekate]

3. Seeing as how we are ruled by the Idiot in Chief,it pretty much follows.

That's rather refreshingly honest, considering the source. If only we could undo all the grief and misery ....

Hekate

[Botany]

4. but wasn't he elected by the purple finger people?

[Art_from_Ark]

5. The Purple Finger People

Didn't Shep Woolley write a song about them? :rofl:

[Jim Sagle]

6. No, that was the Purple Mountain Majesty - Kate Smith.