Rumsfeld calls Afghanistan a 'big success'
{{date|September 10, 2007}}
[[Image:Rumsfeld060202-N-0696M-192.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[w:Donald Rumsfeld|Donald Rumsfeld]] (File photo)]]
In [[w:Donald Rumsfeld|Donald Rumsfeld]]'s first interview since leaving the Pentagon, he hailed the efforts in [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] as a "big success", but attributed the failures in Iraq to the [[w:Iraqi Government|Iraqi's government]] inability to build a foundation of [[w:democracy|democracy]]. 

"In Afghanistan, 28 million people are free. They have their own [[w:president|president]], they have their own parliament and they've improved a lot on the streets," Rumsfeld says in the October issue of [[w:GQ magazine|GQ magazine]]. But he stated that reaching a similar situation in Iraq would take "some time and some effort".

Rumsfeld also defended [[w:President Bush|President Bush]], saying "<nowiki>[Bush]</nowiki> is a lot more intelligent and curious than people give him credit for."

== Sources ==
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*{{source|url=http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/10/rumsfeld-afghanistan-2/
|title=Rumsfeld: Afghanistan Has ‘Been A Big Success!’
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|date=September 10, 2007}}

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Donald Rumsfeld (File photo)
In Donald Rumsfeld's first interview since leaving the Pentagon, he hailed the efforts in Afghanistan as a "big success", but attributed the failures in Iraq to the Iraqi's government inability to build a foundation of democracy. 

"In Afghanistan, 28 million people are free. They have their own president, they have their own parliament and they've improved a lot on the streets," Rumsfeld says in the October issue of GQ magazine. But he stated that reaching a similar situation in Iraq would take "some time and some effort".

Rumsfeld also defended President Bush, saying " is a lot more intelligent and curious than people give him credit for."
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