Anthony Shadid Quotations
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Bitterness Quotes
The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate what they support for a decade of sanctions in Iraq had done to Iraq and the bitterness that it created and that it wiped out the middle class.
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Almost Quotes
There was an almost divine quality to American power; it was merciless in its practice, flawless in its execution, ... Saddam had ruled for thirty-five years; the Americans had toppled him in less than three weeks, and relatively few of their soldiers had died in the task. How could these same Americans be so feeble in the aftermath?