Iraq Quotes - Page 12

• 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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• A secret blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure regime change even before he took power in January 2001... It has been called a secret blueprint for US global domination. ... A small group of people with a plan to remove Saddam Hussein long before George W. Bush was elected president. ... And 9/11 provided the opportunity to set it in motion. Not since Mein Kampf has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed years ahead of the blow.

  Ted Koppel

  Opportunity, Blow, Years

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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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• I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is - my point is, there's a strong will for democracy.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, People, Democracy

  "We told you so" by Eric Alterman, www.mediamatters.org. September 25, 2006.

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• I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.

  George W. Bush

  Eye, Knowing, Troops

  Speech in Hyatt Regency Irvine, California, www.ocregister.com. April 24, 2006.

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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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• 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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• 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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• We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and had links to terrorists.

  Frank Carlucci

  Mass Destruction, Trying, Links

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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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• Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success but in Iraq they do it.

  Juan Cole

  United States, Income, Politician

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• We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.

  Paul Cellucci

  Mass Destruction, Organization, Weapons

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• This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet.

  Paul Cellucci

  War, Effort, Planets

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• Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Effort, Democracy

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• In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Reading, Ideas, Long

  Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. April 20, 2004.

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• Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter.

  Howard Dean

  Thinking, Soldier, Matter

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• The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

  Jared Diamond

  Book, Media, Giving

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• The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.

  Susan Davis

  Brave, Afghanistan, Capable

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• The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.

  Russ Feingold

  Military, Administration, Budgeting

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• Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

  Richard Armitage

  Iran, Population, Lines

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2003.

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• I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Feet, Concerned

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• No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better.

  Raul Grijalva

  Believe, Body, Want

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• While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.

  Raul Grijalva

  Mistake, Home, People

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