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Iraqi war 'US worst blunder'
23/04/2006 18:03 - (SA)
Washington - Invading Iraq is likely to go down as one of the worst US foreign-policy blunders, said former secretary of state Madeleine Albright in an interview published on Sunday.
The former top Unuted States diplomat told the New York Times that Iraq's deposed leader, Saddam Hussein, "was horrible".
"But, I did not think he was an imminent threat to the United States.
"You can't go to war with everybody you dislike," she said.
"I think Iraq may end up being one of the worst disasters in American foreign policy."
Albright, who served under President Bill Clinton, said US foreign-policy mistakes under President George W. Bush have left her feeling "sick" about America's status in global affairs.
"A lot of the things that we worked on for eight years have unravelled. It is very hard," she told the Times.
"What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation," she added.
"I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below."
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