Iraq Quotes - Page 29

• 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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• Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Iran, Effort, Southern

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state, see the benefits of the current situation. They enjoy an autonomous status in Kurdistan, while at the same time participating in decisions in Baghdad. But if neighboring states were to push for a partition of Iraq, it would be a horrible mistake.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Country, Mistake, Decision

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder - and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder. . . . Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world.

  George W. Bush

  Safe Haven, America, Heartless

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 31 January 2006

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• Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Study Group, Groups, Quitting

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• Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, Neighbor, Military Presence

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• Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

  John McCain

  Iran, Als, Limits

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• Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

  John McCain

  War, Als, Al Qaeda

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 16, 2007.

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• Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing.

  John McCain

  Democrat, Withdrawing

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• Military solution in Iraq has been disproven and discredited.

  Christopher Dodd

  Military, Has Beens, Solutions

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• Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.

  Joe Biden

  Thinking, Decades

  "Meet the Press: Meet the Candidates 2008 series". Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. April 29, 2007.

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• If we leave Iraq, terrorists will follow us home.

  John McCain

  Home, Terrorist, Ifs

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. January 21, 2007.

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• The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

  Noam Chomsky

  World, Gains, Energy

  "On the Election". "Real Time" with Bill Maher, chomsky.info. November 10, 2004.

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• The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Daughter, Jobs, War

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• The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.

  Billy Bragg

  War, America, Evil

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• I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're seeing right now. I think that was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the modern history of the United States.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Levels, Invasion

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I don't think you can solve what's going on in Iraq unless you can deal effectively with the region and you can't deal effectively with the region if you start with the premise that you can't talk to people who disagree with you.

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, People, Deals

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back to the ISIS leadership in Iraq and Syria, but I'm fairly confident we're going to learn they used these encrypted communication applications that have commercial encryption and are extremely difficult for companies to break - and which the companies have made the decision not to produce a key for.

  Michael Morell

  Communication, Keys, Isis

  Source: www.politico.com

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• One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're going to do. How many times did [Osama] bin Laden say prior to 9/11 that he was coming after the U.S.? ISIS made clear that when they established their caliphate in Iraq and Syria, they were coming after the United States too.

  Michael Morell

  Isis, United States, Needs

  Source: www.politico.com

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• For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

  Hugo Chavez

  Catholic, United States, Example

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• The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.

  Edward Kennedy

  America, Abuse, Done

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• The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.

  Joe Biden

  Blessing, Soldier, World

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• Since the advent of the atomic bomb, the United States has always needed two kinds of enemies. On one level, it has needed a tactical enemy that it can go out and fight in the field in a shooting war. Since 1945, these enemies have been created and appeared as North Korea, North Vietnam, Grenada, El Salvador, Panama, Iraq and now Colombia. On another level, however, the US needs a strategic enemy that will justify outrageous expenditures of capital for strategic weapon systems like ICBMs, Trident submarines and "Star Wars" missile defence systems.

  Michael Ruppert

  Stars, War, Fighting

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• Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, saying the Quran says this, Quran says that, and the Afghans believe that because they speak Arabic, they think they know the language of Quran, and they know Islam better than us, let's follow them. So they simply follow them.

  Najibullah Quraishi

  Believe, Thinking, Islam

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.

  David Cameron

  Afghanistan, Blown Away

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