US interference in Middle East "disastrous", Clinton's "regret" seeks electoral plus

The U.S. interference in the Middle East in general and in Iraq in particular has been "destructive and disastrous" and U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary recent regret about invasion of Iraq are only meant to gain an electoral plus, said Arab political experts.

Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state turned Democratic front-runner in the upcoming presidential elections in November, has recently stated that voting as then-senator for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was her "greatest regret," describing the move as "a mistake."

"It did not turn out the way that I thought it would," she told the ABC News in an interview on Thursday, "I regret that and I have said that it was a mistake."

Smeared by fatal mistakes, aggressions and violations, the failure of U.S. war on Iraq is as clear as day for most of the American people, and Clinton's statement is seen as an attempt to cleanse her hands off the war in a bid to win more voters in the coming presidential elections.

"Clinton's remarks are only meant to serve her in the presidential elections, but who will compensate the Iraqi people for the ruins, the lost souls, the refugees and the torture?" said former Assistant Arab League Secretary General Mohamed Sobeih.

Sobeih told Xinhua that all U.S. justifications to invade Iraq turned out to be "lies" after finding out that Iraq was free from nuclear activities and chemical weapons and that Saddam Hussein had no ties with Al-Qaeda terror organization.

Source: XINHUA