Iraq Quotes - Page 14

• As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course.

  Andrew Greeley

  War, Years, Europe

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• It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

  Kenneth Clarke

  War, Leaving, Would Be

  Kenneth Clarke's speech, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2005.

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• Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.

  Chris Kyle

  Fighting, Evil, People

  Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice (2012). “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

  Peter MacKay

  Fighting, Canada, United States

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• The Iraq war was not necessary.

  Scott McClellan

  War, Iraq War

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, June 3, 2008.

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• One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

  Kevin Powers

  Giving, Expectations, Path

  "Guardian first book award 2012 goes to Kevin Powers" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2012.

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• In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.

  Bill Pascrell

  Years, President, Terrorist

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• The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.

  David Petraeus

  Challenges, President, Progress

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• Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

  Ed Pastor

  War, Support, Troops

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• There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated.

  Richard Perle

  Small Numbers, People, Doubt

  "Turkey at the Crossroads". Luncheon keynote speech at a AEI conference, www.aei.org, September 22, 2003.

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• It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Responsibility, Adventure, America

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. September 8, 2010.

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• My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

  Scott Ritter

  America, Problem, Debate

  "Scott Ritter's Other War". Interview with Matt Bai, www.nytimes.com. February 22, 2012.

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• The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.

  Scott Ritter

  Trying, Nuclear, Bombs

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis.

  Scott Ritter

  Military, Support, Operations

  "A Critic's Defeatist Rhetoric" by David Asman, www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2005.

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• My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.

  Scott Ritter

  America, Goal, United States

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• I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie.

  Scott Ritter

  United States, Today, Made

  "Scott Ritter: Case against Iraq is speculation". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2002.

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• If you're coming from America to Iraq, then how are you supposed to be objective? I mean, you could pay lip service to being objective, but how are you going to objective when you're embedded with the Marines? The Marines are saving your life every day and they're protecting you.

  Shane Smith

  Mean, Marine, America

  Interview with Spike Jonze, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2013.

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• I actually bought the argument that if we democratized Iraq, we could create a space for venting some of the stuff that's going on in the Middle East in these autocratic regimes that is expressing itself through jihadism, because it has nowhere else to express itself.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Space, Middle East, Venting

  "Andrew Sullivan: Dishing It Out Daily For A Decade". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. October 17, 2010.

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• To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.

  Brent Scowcroft

  People, Hussein, Situation

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• Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Democracy, Election, Tradition

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• Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Country, Believe, Trying

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• Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.

  Donald Sutherland

  Lying, Ambition, Government

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• The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.

  Larry Sabato

  Government, Offering, Presidential

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• The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security forces.

  Craig L. Thomas

  People, Effort, Steps

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• Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.

  George Tenet

  Two Sides, Ties, Divergent

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