Iraq Quotes - Page 4

• If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Chaos, Feels, Ifs

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• In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Succeed, Failure Is Not An Option

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• We have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about.

  Ari Fleischer

  War, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. August 31, 2010.

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• There is only one option in Iraq: that we win.

  Thelma Drake

  Winning

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• We don't mind that we still have troops in Germany, or that we still have troops in Japan or Korea. But they are not in danger, and we know that they are in danger in Iraq.

  Thelma Drake

  Japan, Korea, Mind

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• A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks

  Scott McClellan

  Safe Haven, Blow, Desire

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• The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it.

  Ari Fleischer

  Mass Destruction, President, United States

  "White House: Iraq has mass-destruction weapons". www.cnn.com. December 5, 2002.

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• They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

  Conrad Burns

  Voter Turnout, Voters, Election

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• Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

  Madeleine Albright

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Hussein

  Press Statement, Chicago, www.pbs.org. November 10, 1999.

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• Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.

  Madeleine Albright

  Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction, Long

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• I thought then and I think now that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust and I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Unjust, Invasion

  "Former President Carter Addresses Faith, Justice, and Iraq War at Baptist Centenary" by Maria Mackay, www.christianpost.com. July 30, 2005.

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• I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Use, Today, Lasts

  "Rumsfeld: No World War III in Iraq". edition.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

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• I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one.

  George Galloway

  War, Oil, Campaigns

  "Labour to investigate Galloway allegations" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2003.

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• Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Japan, United States, Dollars

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• The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Believe, Views, Democracy

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• Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

  Barbara Boxer

  War, Commitment, Wmd

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• I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

  George W. Bush

  Writing, People, Troops

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.106, M.E. Sharpe

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• The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

  George W. Bush

  Tyrants, Fallen

  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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• Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

  George W. Bush

  Civilization, Chaos, Terror

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• No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

  Hillary Clinton

  Courage, War, Fighting

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• Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

  Christopher Dodd

  Military, Safety, Troops

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• A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

  Jim DeMint

  Islamic, Light, Shining

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• I strongly believe that a federal structure based on administrative and geographic lines with strong powers for the federated states will be the best solution for Iraq.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Strong, Believe, Lines

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• My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.

  Christopher Bond

  Son, Sacrifice, Leaving

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• I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are.

  Ari Fleischer

  Stupid, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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