U.S. will not change policy towards Iraq, world – Crocker

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said on Wednesday that the U.S. administration’s general policy towards Iraq and the world will not change after the electing new President Barack Obama. In his word during the celebration held at the U.S. embassy on the occasion of electing a new president, Crocker said “The U.S. will keep its policy towards Iraq and the world during Obama’s rule and Iraq achieved great success in political, security and other fields.” “Iraqis are able to write their history by themselves, but this process needs some more time,” the U.S. diplomat said. “The new president has now to determine his policy because the whole world will watch this process and the U.S.’s strength concentrates in its democracy and transparency and it is able to change,” Crocker noted. Obama, 47, a first-time senator from Illinois, will be sworn in as the 44th president on January 20, 2009. He will enter the White House as the first Democratic president in eight years, replacing Republican George W. Bush. SH (S) 1