Iraq Quotes · Page 22

A surreal and ultimately disgusting facet of the Iraq fiasco is the lag between when a fact becomes obvious and when the…

— George Will

If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.

— Lindsey Graham

As hideous and dumb as it sounds, I wouldn't be at all surprised by an invasion of Iraq on September II. I'll…

— Hunter S. Thompson

You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they…

— Andy Rooney

We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom…

— Chris Chocola

Further, by acting decisively in Iraq, the United States has sent very strong signals to other nations that have been or could…

— Jim Gerlach

Where we have a different background [with Hillary Clinton] on this issue is we differ on the war in Iraq, which created…

— Hillary Clinton

Iran has proxies in Yemen, Syria, Iraq. You can push back against Iran without pulling out of the deal.

— Peter R. Mansoor

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext…

— Jon Stewart

You know what really makes this embarrassing? The other day the president said the leaders in Iraq are 'ready to take off…

— Jay Leno

When you go and you tour Europe, or you go and you tour Egypt, or you go and you tour Iraq, or…

— Juan Enriquez

It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel…

— Dave Abrams

I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in…

— Anonymous

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking…

— Barack Obama

President Bush has delivered a new resolution to the U.N. saying that Saddam has failed to cooperate with U.N. resolutions, freeing us…

— Craig Kilborn

In contrast, the 'Old Europe' channels were showing film from reporters who had embedded themselves at the wrong end of the Baghdad…

— David Walker

And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of…

— William Kristol

The Petraeus-Crocker testimony is the kind of short-lived event on which the Administration has relied to shore up support for the war:…

— George Packer

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon,…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

I don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to…

— Donald Rumsfeld

When George Bush Senior [George HW Bush] was getting his alliance together to go into Iraq - to kick the Iraqis out…

— Bob Hawke

..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage…

— Andrea Gibson

If you look at Iraq and Afghanistan's situations, they are quickly becoming much like our reservations. They will have puppet governments funded…

— Leonard Peltier

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

— John Olver

We should be proud of liberating the 26 million people in Iraq and should remember that this is why it is important…

— Evan Bayh

The corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and…

— Elliott Colla

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

— Dick Cheney

There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.

— Barack Obama

“To stay alive, you have to keep moving. Running, relocating, driving, doing everything in your power to stay in motion and make…

— M.B. Dallocchio

As we head to war with Iraq, President Bush wants to make one thing clear: This war is not about oil. It's…

— Jay Leno

Obviously this is the world descending into worse and worse standards of targeting civilians both in state violence in Iraq, Gaza and…

— Clare Short

Once the people of Iraq know when the U.S. troops will leave, their confidence in the U.S. will increase.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Iraq lacks leaders capable of soothing sectarian wounds, and Western attempts to pick them or force their hand invite anti-imperialist backlash.

— Dominic Raab

In the wake of winning the war, Poland wants to help win peace with Iraq. I believe that the international community cannot…

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them.

— Jim Walton

Most people are not affected by [the death penalty]. It's like how many people are actually sent to Iraq and Afghanistan? Such…

— Susan Sarandon

The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit

— Tony Blair

I had a hope that the Iraqis would embrace a new government, would establish a new Iraq very quickly, and, but I…

— Tommy Franks

Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly…

— George W. Bush