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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Fmr. Sen. Max Cleland on Iraq: "It's impossible"
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Democratic Senator Max Cleland spoke out in favor of an exit strategy in Iraq on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Cleland said, "It is impossible. It is impossible for a military solution, particularly by the United States, to work in Iraq. And yet our young men and women are being blown up as we speak." The Vietnam veteran criticized the Bush administration, saying: "This administration for five years has tried to make Iraq the 51st state. It won't work. It belongs to the Iraqis. And their own history, they're different from us. They have different religions, a different culture from us. And so we can't micromanage Iraq. We darn sure can't micromanage Afghanistan." --From CNN Associate Producer Jennifer Burch
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