Iraq Quotes - Page 11

• I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.

  Ari Fleischer

  Thinking, Mass Destruction, Invasion

  Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 10, 2003.

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• We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.

  Colin Powell

  Oil, Needs, Fuel

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• No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  People, World, Hussein

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• What was said before is not important.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Important, Said

  "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com. May 23, 2004.

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• Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the provocation of the Zionists. If it happens in Afghanistan, it is because of their provocation. If Sudan is oppressed, it is due to Zionist seduction. We consider all the arrogant, colonialist schemes to be inspired by the Zionists.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  War, Believe, Issues

  "Iranian President Ahmadinejad Denies the Holocaust and Warns Europeans of the Zionists: They Cling Like Ticks". www.memri.org. September 18, 2009.

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• We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Leadership, Clear, Needed

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• The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.

  Daniel Inouye

  Leadership, Years, President

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• It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be.

  Chris Van Hollen

  Reflection, Leader, Understanding

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• Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.

  Paul Cellucci

  War, Issues, Ties

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• We all read news stories about the difficulties and tensions that the United States has with our allies and even with coalition partners in Iraq, but we rarely read about the good news.

  Michael K. Simpson

  News Stories, Allies, United States

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• Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease-fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction program, and refusing to permit monitoring and verification by United Nations inspections; Whereas Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological capabilities, and has made positive progress toward developing nuclear weapons capabilities

  Tom Harkin

  Agreement, Fire, Wmd

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• Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Organization, Nuclear

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• We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.

  Jay Rockefeller

  War, Tyrants, Way

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• And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Dream, Grateful, Men

  "World leaders praise voter courage", www.cnn.com. January 30, 2005.

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• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

  George W. Bush

  President, Allies, Campaigns

  Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq, delivered 1 May 2003 from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off the coast of San Diego, CA

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• With the situation in Iraq growing ever more dangerous, the 34-member Coalition of The Willing are, one by one, dropping out to join the other coalition known as Most of The Rest of The World.

  Jon Stewart

  Dropping Out, World, Growing

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• In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid off. The bombs destroyed the area and left behind a 60-foot crater, or as coalition forces prefer to call it: a freedom hole.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Feet, Bombs

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• It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Country, Lebanon, Able

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• I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.

  Corrine Brown

  America, Important, United States

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• Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned.

  Jimmy Carter

  Isis, Territory, Being There

  "Carter unhappy with Obama’s policies in Middle East". www.star-telegram.com. October 07, 2014.

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• Baathism in Iraq equals Nazism in Germany.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Germany, Nazism

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• Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Target, Want, Soil

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• If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Running, Cutting, Enemy

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• We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Real, Government, People

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• The American taxpayers should not have to send one more penny on the Administration's Iraq misadventure. Let's give our troops the supplies they need to get out of Iraq safely. Let's bring our troops home.

  John Conyers

  Home, Giving, Administration

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