Iraq Quotes - Page 28

• I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?

  John F. Kerry

  Art, School, Mean

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• The two policies that Ken Clarke is most famous for are his opposition to the Iraq war and being a very defensible and quite courageous pro-European. These are both policies he shares with us.

  Vince Cable

  War, Two, Courageous

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• There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Country, Middle East, Different

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• It's hard thinking about Iraq at night when I'm dancing with transvestites in the afternoon.

  Jerry Springer

  Night, Thinking, Dancing

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• The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction.

  Armstrong Williams

  Mass Destruction, Long, Effort

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• One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.

  Mohammad Javad Zarif

  Adventure, Benefits, Outcomes

  "Iraq vows to cooperate on prohibited missiles". cnn.com. February 19, 2003.

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• The end of foreign occupation is one of the pre-requisites if we are to witness any progress in our efforts to help Iraq go forward.

  Amr Moussa

  Effort, Progress, Occupation

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• I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world.. The Berlin Wall has fallen.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Wall, People, Cynical

  "Arnold An 'Arrogant Patriarch'?". www.foxnews.com. April 05, 2012.

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• Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed Iraq, it would control the oil of the Middle East and consequently hold the oil in its hands [and] fix its price the way it likes.

  Saddam Hussein

  Believe, Hands, Oil

  "Saddam: U.S. 'believes it should control the world'" by James Martone, www.cnn.com. September 2, 2002.

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• If they succeed in creating an inclusive structure in virtually any peaceful form, Iraq succeeds. If they fail, the U.S.-led coalition fails almost regardless of its military success and that of the new Iraqi forces, and Iraq will move towards division, paralysis, civil conflict and/or a new strongman.

  Anthony H. Cordesman

  Military, Moving, Civilization

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• A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Paris, France

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• And now the really difficult part: We have to rebuild Iraq into a strong and independent nation that will one day hate the United States.

  David Letterman

  Strong, Hate, Independent

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• President Bush is often out there talking about the importance of staying the course, and about the sacrifice, but he has not attended a funeral of a soldier who has fallen in Iraq.

  Dana Milbank

  Sacrifice, Talking, Funeral

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• You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Israel, America, Palestine

  "Readings from Howard Zinn’s 'Voices of a People’s History of the United States'". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 20, 2006.

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• Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq, not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Successful, Government, Democracy

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• We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Needs, Moral

  "Shades Of The Sixties" by Brian Dakss, www.cbsnews.com. October 26, 2002.

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• Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.

  David Brooks

  Mistake, Majority, Polls

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the Shia side. Quite contrary to his sort of maverick, firebrand image, he's shown a propensity to deal with the other side, to look for compromises, to negotiate. You might have a loose federation [in Iraq].

  Patrick Cockburn

  Thinking, Would Be, Looks

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very outset the nuclear issue has been secondary to the more strategic outlook, in which the United States has, since 1991, pursued a policy that it cannot permit any country in the region to become too powerful and challenge American hegemony.

  Trita Parsi

  Country, Powerful, Thinking

  "Trita Parsi: The NIE’s Got Nothing on Him". Interview with Justin Elliott, www.motherjones.com. December 5, 2007.

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• The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.

  Michael Klare

  Military, Play, Oil

  "The Permanent Energy Crisis". Interview with Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. June 19, 2006.

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• The invasion of Iraq was not an unprecedented event; it really was the natural extension of a conflict with Iraq that began on August 2, 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait and occupied Kuwait, which was a major oil supplier to the United States.

  Michael Klare

  August, Kuwait, Oil

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• By the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq: By the time we know about it, it's almost a fait accompli. And that's certainly true with science.

  Ruth Ozeki

  War, Engineering, Done

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• We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Religious, War, Choices

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.

  Arthur L. Herman

  Mistake, Essentials, Vietnam

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• Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Successful, Looks, Regimes

  ""Poverty Is a Greater Concern for Most than a Democratic Constitution"". Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 29, 2005.

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