IRAQ : PUTIN WANTS THE AMERICANS TO STAY IN IRAQ"Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. This must be a product of internal domestic development in a society," said Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Tv interview with the CBS.
"But if the United States were to leave and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united country, that would be a second mistake," added the Premier.
President Putin said he is convinced that the war in Iraq was a mistake in the first place but he does not think that a withdrawal of the US army will help the situation.
al-Jazeera
Il Romanaccio at 11:51 AM