@@ U.S. says Iraq pullout bad for Israel @@
Arash
November 2, 2005
Stephen Hadley says Iraq pullout bad for Israel
Washington -- U.S. President George W Bush’s national security adviser warned Monday
that a hasty U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would embolden extremists who seek “the
eventual destruction of Israel”.
In remarks prepared for delivery to the annual American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, AIPAC (http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/aipac.php) summit, Stephen
Hadley (http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/hadley/hadley.php) said building democracy
where Saddam’s regime once stood would help that staunch U.S. ally.
“If "freedom"!!! prevails in Iraq, others in the region - including Syria and Iran -
will be under greater pressure to open up their repressive political systems. And
that is good news for Israel”, said Hadley.
“For Israel should not be condemned, in the name of stability, to live in a region
where despots threaten to ‘wipe them off the map’ ”, he said, quoting comments by
hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“The spread of democracy will make the Middle East a safer neighborhood for Israel.
An American retreat from Iraq, on the other hand, would only strengthen the
terrorists who seek the enslavement of Iraq and the eventual destruction of Israel”,
said Hadley.
The White House released Hadley’s remarks as prepared for delivery via satellite to
AIPAC’s national summit in Los Angeles.
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