"Blackwill Is A Liar, A Big Liar"
Hours before he left for Vietnam on March 12 to take up his new assignment, the Iraqi ambassador to India spoke to V. Sudarshan. Excerpts from an interview:
Why do you think George W. Bush is targeting Iraq?
So, the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) issue is irrelevant?
Why are they doing this?
What about the argument that this campaign is about promoting democracy?
But they say democracy will not come to Iraq otherwise...
Are you disappointed with the way the Indian press is reporting Iraq?
How can you be so sure?
Have you been following the American arguments in the Indian press?
Why do you say that?
Have you heard from the Indian government that it doesn't agree with these analyses?
But Americans say the Indian government has been told of what big stakes it can have in Iraq post-Saddam.
Do you find it odd that the recent Non-Aligned declaration did not name the US explicitly?
Vajpayee did not name the US in his statement in Parliament. Have you seen a single Indian statement that names the US?
Are you disappointed that India keeps saying that Iraq should disarm but never in so many words says that America should wait while the disarming process is on?
Even though India is naming Iraq but not the US?
The prime minister has said India must follow the middle path. Wouldn't it be more logical as a friend of Iraq as well as the US to tell America, 'be patient, Iraqis are disarming' and tell Iraqis also to 'disarm according to the resolutions'?
Can you recall any Indian initiative in the last 10 years that sought to politically ameliorate the condition of Iraq?
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