Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.

I will not say who was my first choice and who was not my first choice. " In December 2012 Pachachi told Al Arabiya that "Iraq is a failed state and in need of a revolution" further lamenting “Sorrow fills my heart that the Arab Spring has skipped Iraq. " On May 14 Michael Rubin made clear further his support for Ahmed Chalabi writing "Chalabi may be a controversial figure and a lightening rod for criticism but unlike figures like Muqtada al-Sadr and Abdul Aziz Hakim Chalabi has always voiced his dissent peacefully.

After 1971 he spent a long period in exile. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq Pachachi has been an important figure in Iraqi politics often described as Iraq's elder statesman. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1959 to 1965 and Foreign Minister of Iraq from 1965 to 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel; he again served as Permanent Representative to the UN from 1967 to 1969.