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One has to be willing to face the fact that what has transpired in Iraq is not exactly a very successful exercise.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 28
Died: 2017
Died: May 26
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