political qoutes from the war

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

Former American General Jay Garner, picked by the US to oversee the creation of a new Iraqi administration, to Iraqis in Umm Qas, 11 April:

It's your country, you rebuild it.

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Quotes at the BBC

[texan]

In what context was that said? I searched everywhere and couldn't find it. He did say this though, which are a bit longer than one blurb:

"We have a chance, at this moment in time, for the Iraqi people, to bring democracy and the right way of life back to their people. And that's what I have to do."

"We're here to do a job of liberating them .. we will do it as fast as we can, and once we've done it, we will turn everything over to them."

[YogsVR4]

That does sound like someone paraphrased him.