Iraq Quotes - Page 6

• The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Keys, Government, Decision

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• The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Motivation, Business

  "Koch: Moore's propaganda film cheapens debate, polarizes nation". World Tribune, June 29, 2004.

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• My answer is bring them on.

  George W. Bush

  Stupid, Ems, Answers

  George W. Bush's announcement the Coordinator for International HIV/AIDS Assistance, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. July 2, 2003.

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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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• We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

  Dick Cheney

  Believe, Nuclear, Invasion

  "Did Bush Administration Deliberately Lie About Iraq's WMD?". "NEWS FROM CNN" with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. July 9, 2003.

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• Saddam's existing biological and chemical weapons capabilities pose a very real threat to America, now. Saddam has used chemical weapons before, both against Iraq's enemies and against his own people. He is working to develop delivery systems like missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles that could bring these deadly weapons against U.S. forces and U.S. facilities in the Middle East.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

  Mike Pence

  Winning, People, Democracy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.

  Juan Cole

  War, Administration, Underestimate

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• Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

  Harold Pinter

  Attitude, Gdp, Democracy

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• Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

  Peter DeFazio

  Tired, Majority, Terrorist

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• The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

  Charles Rangel

  War, Priorities, Prevention

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• And we believe that our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors.

  Condoleezza Rice

  People, Neighbor, Protect

  "Condoleezza Rice interview for Al Jazeera TV". www.independent.co.uk. October 15, 2001.

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• Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.

  Jay Inslee

  Government, Enough, Difficult

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• The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Britain, Incapable

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• Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Doubt

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• We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Stupid, War, Gun

  Condoleezza Rice (2011). “No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington”, p.198, Broadway Books

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• I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Thinking, Want, Helping

  Paul Wolfowitz's remarks at the press conference in Mosul, Iraq, July 21, 2003.

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• Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

  Tom Daschle

  Mass Destruction, Wmd, People

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• In addition, it is very likely that United States action in Iraq caused Iran to open its nuclear facilities for international inspection and suspend its uranium enrichment activities.

  Jim Gerlach

  Iran, United States, Nuclear

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• Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

  Madeleine Albright

  Mass Destruction, Wmd, Goal

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• Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Equality, Land, America

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• I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Liberty, Interest

  George W. Bush during Presidential Debate at the University of Miami Convocation Center in Coral Gables, Florida, www.washingtonpost.com. September 30, 2004.

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• I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Consistent, Position

  Dick Cheney during Vice-Presidential Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

  Roald Dahl

  Egypt, Flying, Desert

  Roald Dahl (2008). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.

  Nancy Pelosi

  War, President, Doctrine

  "Bush: America Has 'Great Responsibilities'". www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2004.

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