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In an interview of  '''Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak Al-Rubaie''' aired May 10, 2007, Mr. Rubaie stated, "'''This is an ideological war. This is a -- a long-term war. This is a war on a global scale. This is a war, if it gets out of control, it will spill over to Europe and America in no time. And it will disturb the oil flow in the Gulf.'''  What happened in Iraq is not something minor and simple, like a coup d'etat or a revolution. What happened is a hurricane. What happened is a huge, major shift, from the old order of 1,000 years of persecution, of dictatorship, of religious supremacy, of prosecuting minorities, to a completely new order, which is called democracy, human rights, accountability, and transparency, and all this. '''This paradigm shift needs some time. You cannot -- it needs strategic patience.''' And it needs time. You cannot fit this major shift and the strategic objectives in the election cycle of Washington. You cannot do that."

In an interview of  '''Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak Al-Rubaie''' aired May 10, 2007, Mr. Rubaie stated, "'''This is an ideological war. This is a -- a long-term war. This is a war on a global scale. This is a war, if it gets out of control, it will spill over to Europe and America in no time. And it will disturb the oil flow in the Gulf.'''  What happened in Iraq is not something minor and simple, like a coup d'état or a revolution. What happened is a hurricane. What happened is a huge, major shift, from the old order of 1,000 years of persecution, of dictatorship, of religious supremacy, of prosecuting minorities, to a completely new order, which is called democracy, human rights, accountability, and transparency, and all this. '''This paradigm shift needs some time. You cannot -- it needs strategic patience.''' And it needs time. You cannot fit this major shift and the strategic objectives in the election cycle of Washington. You cannot do that."

'''He went on to note progress and plead for patience, "I think we made a remarkable progress over the last three years'''. In June 2004, we had only one battalion in the Iraqi army. Now we have 11 divisions. And, in June 2004, we did not have policemen. We did not have national police, local police, an intelligence service. We didn't have anything. Now we have Iraqi security forces, several hundreds of thousands of them. And what we need, we need some refinements, some tuning. We need some training. And we need some equipment and logistical support. We need to build the system within the Iraqi security forces. '''In a very short period of time, we're going to be self-reliant'''."   

'''He went on to note progress and plead for patience, "I think we made a remarkable progress over the last three years'''. In June 2004, we had only one battalion in the Iraqi army. Now we have 11 divisions. And, in June 2004, we did not have policemen. We did not have national police, local police, an intelligence service. We didn't have anything. Now we have Iraqi security forces, several hundreds of thousands of them. And what we need, we need some refinements, some tuning. We need some training. And we need some equipment and logistical support. We need to build the system within the Iraqi security forces. '''In a very short period of time, we're going to be self-reliant'''."