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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “And to have predicted that what would bring them together, and certainly Prime Minister Maliki does not hate the United…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2006
And to have predicted that what would bring them together, and certainly Prime Minister Maliki does not hate the United States, but what would force these two countries together as allies, as that picture demonstrates, is the United States' inappropriate involvement in the midst of that region where essentially they have been forced together because of Iran's hatred for us. And the original conflict emanated from Sunni and Shiite tension and hatred, and now the United States has done what thousands of years was not able to do, brought the Sunnis and the Shiites together, united in hatred for the United States.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the unintended consequences of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Iran relations.

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