--- title: "8 Ghraib Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 8 Ghraib quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Ghraib sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/shashi-tharoor-2698_abu_the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and_140323.jpg" --- > [The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for the instruments of American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and-standing-after-9-11-is-a/) [Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/shashi-tharoor-2698_abu_the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and_140323.jpg) > [I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghraib-after-dark-early-on-because/) [Janis Karpinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-karpinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghrai_266118.png) > [If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/if-they-conducted-a-raid-in-this-room-you-d-all-be-policed-up-they-d/) [Janis Karpinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-karpinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_if-they-conducted-a-raid-in-this-room-yo_357266.png) > [If there was one fact that sent me hurtling off to write 'Politics Lost,' it was when I learned that John Kerry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/if-there-was-one-fact-that-sent-me-hurtling-off-to-write-politics/) [Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/joe-klein-12661_about_if-there-was-one-fact-that-sent-me-hurtl_1292733.jpg) > [The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/the-vast-majority-of-prisoners-at-abu-ghraib-even-after-interrogation/) [Janis Karpinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-karpinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_the-vast-majority-of-prisoners-at-abu-gh_1427039.png) > [It seems nothing good comes out of Abu Ghraib.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/it-seems-nothing-good-comes-out-of-abu-ghraib/) [Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/richard-engel-3133_abu_it-seems-nothing-good-comes-out-of-abu-g_2896489.jpg) > [In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/in-november-they-transferred-control-of-abu-ghraib-to-the-military/) [Janis Karpinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janis-karpinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_in-november-they-transferred-control-of_3139743.png) > [Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-mackinnon/whether-or-not-americans-supported-george-w-bush-they-could-not-avoid/) [Rebecca MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-mackinnon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/rebecca-mackinnon-1815_about_whether-or-not-americans-supported-georg_3236403.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghraib/#itemlist", "name": "Ghraib Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for the instruments of American hard power: the Iraq invasion, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, torture, rendition, Blackwater's killings of Iraqi civilians.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shashi Tharoor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and-standing-after-9-11-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/shashi-tharoor-2698_abu_the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and_140323.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/shashi-tharoor-2698_abu_the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and_140323.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/shashi-tharoor-2698_abu_the-steep-decline-in-america-s-image-and_140323.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for…” — Shashi Tharoor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janis Karpinski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janis-karpinski/i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghraib-after-dark-early-on-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghrai_266118.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghrai_266118.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/janis-karpinski-24986_abu_i-was-ordered-not-to-go-out-to-abu-ghrai_266118.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.” — Janis Karpinski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. 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