We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to…

Degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL

— Barack Obama

Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.

— Barack Obama

Iraq began destroying those missiles they don't have over the weekend. See, President Bush may be the smartest military president in history. First, he…

— Jay Leno

I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be…

— Dick Cheney

Iran, as we have already discussed, has carried out very, very harmful activities inside Iraq. Funding, trainings, arming and, in some cases, even directing…

— David Petraeus

Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred.

— Lindsey Graham

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground…

— Madeleine Albright

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

— Karen Hughes

It is a key fact about American policy in Vietnam that the withdrawel of American troops was built into it from the start. None…

— Jonathan Schell

Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or…

— George J. Mitchell

I am shocked at the attitude of our American troops. They have no respect for death, the courage of an enemy soldier, or many…

— Charles Lindbergh

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist…

— John Conyers

I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to…

— Joe Biden

I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I…

— Kenneth Adelman

Benchmarks, yes, we want the Iraqi government to do the things that will show progress. But to say, American troops are going to leave,…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison