Rudy Giuliani Watch: Giuliani – The United States Should NOT Leave Iraq in Chaos
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Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who is considering a US presidential bid, reaffirmed his support for US policy in
Iraq.“If we … run away too fast we run the risk of making things much more dangerous,” Giuliani told a new conference in Rome.
“We are trying very hard to establish a stable democracy in Iraq,” said Giuliani, who is in Italy to help raise money for Roman Catholic missions in Zambia.
The United States should not “leave Iraq in chaos,” he said.
Removing Saddam Hussein, “one of the worst and most oppressive figures in modern times,” was relatively easy, Giuliani said. “But there have been more difficulties in the followup, creating a responsible, decent, effective government and ultimately democracy in Iraq.”
Regarding his possible bid for the White House in 2008, the former New York mayor, accompanied at the news conference by his third wife Judith, said his exploratory committee was “studying the issues now and what will likely be issue a year and a half from now.
“We’ll decide sometime this year,” he said.
Mayor Giuliani’s piece regarding Iraq reconstruction written with former Speaker Newt Gingrich is here.
After the news conference Giuliani went to lay a wreath at a shrine to 19 Italians who died in a November 2003 truck bombing in Nasiriyah, Iraq.
On Wednesday the Giulianis were to have a private meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano before the “Jerome Hines Memorial World Peace Concert,” in memory of the towering American basso opera singer.
The concert and a benefit dinner co-organized by the southern Italian region of Calabria were expected to raise some 100,000 euros (130,000 dollars).
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