State Dep’t Official: OK, OK, Iraq Is Corrupt | Talking Points Memo

David Satterfield, reality. Reality, David Satterfield. Glad you could meet one another.

After weeks of silence and obfuscation on the extent of corruption in Iraq, Satterfield, one of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s top Iraq advisers, finally admitted what has been clear to unbiased observers for a long time: Iraq is really, really corrupt. Satterfield bowed to the unfortunate fact of corruption in Iraq during a conference call with reporters yesterday.


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