Iraq Quotes · Page 24

The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come…

— Russ Feingold

“Some peaceniks clear their throats by saying that, of course, they oppose Saddam Hussein as much as anybody, though not enough to…

— Christopher Hitchens

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

— Tony Blair

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.

— Thomas Friedman

Did you hear that we're writing Iraq's new Constitution? Why not just give them ours? We're not using it anymore.

— Jay Leno

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.

— Senator John Kerry

So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.

— Bulent Ecevit

I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong.…

— George W. Bush

One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that…

— Wesley Clark

I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted…

— Harry Leslie Smith

[The Yellow Birds] is based on a novel written by Kevin Powers, who is an Iraq War vet. I play a soldier…

— Alden Ehrenreich

In response to the escalating violence in Iraq, President Bush is delaying the return home of 25,000 troops and will actually add…

— Tina Fey

Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion…

— George H. W. Bush

The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and…

— Peter Singer

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him…

— Jeff Sessions

The sooner the Iraqi people are able to take their country's destiny in their own hands and establish their own control over…

— Vladimir Putin

David Petraeus, the best known American general of his generation. After commanding the American war effort in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he…

— Rachel Maddow

“Ahead in the distance we could see the main gate, but there was a sea of cars, none moving, people standing, milling…

— Tucker Elliot

“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in…

— Nadje Al-Ali

Since there is no system of public education, the great majority of my fellow citizens is frighteningly ignorant. They have no idea…

— Gore Vidal

“The greatest regret of my military career was as Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq in 2004-2005, he later…

— David Finkel

The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak…

— Dexter Filkins

Today, the government of a free Afghanistan is fighting terror, Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders, Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests,…

— George W. Bush

The war in Iraq is still going on. The British are helping. Mexico wants to help, but they need a ride over…

— Felipe Esparza

We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

— Dick Cheney

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

— Carl Levin

There is no excuse for this administration shielding information about Iraq and the fact that we have great difficulties there from the…

— Jay Inslee

Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.

— Frederick Stanley Maude

We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again. And we're not putting ground troops into Syria. We're going to defeat…

— Hillary Clinton

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go…

— Walid Jumblatt

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from…

— Rick Springfield

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care.

— Anthony Principi

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

— Brent Scowcroft

Unlike Hillary Clinton, who voted for the war without knowing what she was doing, I would not have had our people in…

— Donald Trump

Mistakes, after all, are endemic to foreign and military policy given the unpredictability of events and the difficulty of securing reliable information…

— Eric Alterman

We need to make it clear that we will withdraw from Iraq within 6 to 9 months - so that the Iraqis…

— John Olver

“I’ll give you one chance to run, but may your shoulder always whisper in your ear… “It’s best to watch out for…

— Ryan Goodrich

If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

— Coretta Scott King