On the recordMarch 23, 2009
We feel we displaced the dictator, we are trying to bring about democracy, trying to do a number of good things; and to be so resented by the population seems to us to be totally wrong.
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Lugar expresses frustration over the resentment towards Americans in Iraq despite their efforts for democracy.
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