I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators. Juan Cole administrationamericanarrogant share on social
Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success but in Iraq they do it. Juan Cole corporateflatincome share on social
I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian. Juan Cole lotpersianread Change image and share on social
Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is. Juan Cole apparentlyarrestdecision Change image and share on social
I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs. Juan Cole administrationargueblank Change image and share on social
Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty. Juan Cole arabconflicteast Change image and share on social
It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship. Juan Cole academicclassparty Change image and share on social
