Iraq Quotes · Page 43

It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq…

— Tim Hetherington

We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].

— Barack Obama

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

— R. Lee Ermey

It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

— Jessica Lange

It's astounding the degree to which these communities are intermarried. Iraq is a crazy quilt of ethnicities and religious sects.

— H. R. McMaster

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a…

— Brent Scowcroft

If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected…

— William Kristol

Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of…

— Robert Byrd

The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

The two policies that Ken Clarke is most famous for are his opposition to the Iraq war and being a very defensible…

— Vince Cable

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence.…

— David Letterman

But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and…

— Daniel Yergin

To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on…

— Peter DeFazio

When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task…

— Winston Churchill

If things do get better in Iraq, I'm saying as someone who thinks the war was a mistake. I'm saying that is…

— Tucker Carlson

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst…

— William Sloane Coffin

I felt implicated in American affairs.Outraged at the blatant lies about Iraqs involvement in al Qaeda, at the regimes arrogance and stupidity,…

— Seamus Heaney

I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't.…

— Jerry Springer

Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian…

— Hillary Clinton

The feeling is that the end game is in play for Iraq and we saw this yesterday, but the reality is that…

— John Smith

Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder - and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. They seek…

— George W. Bush

We stopped the fighting [in 1991] on an agreement that Iraq would take steps to assure the world that it would not…

— Harry Reid

A lot of (Kyle's) stories when he was back home in Texas, a lot of his own personal opinions about what he…

— Ayman Mohyeldin

We are helping the people that [George W.]Bush says are evil. Teheran couldn't be happier about the high oil prices resulting from…

— Joseph Stiglitz

We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause…

— George W. Bush

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government…

— Dana Rohrabacher

“I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.”

— Adam Michnik

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.

— Ed Royce

With our Reserve and Guard units playing increasingly important roles in the war on terror and in Iraq, it is unacceptable to…

— Pat Roberts

I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who…

— Richard Holbrooke

Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots…

— Ted Rall

Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.

— Gary Sinise

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of…

— Noam Chomsky

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

— Bashar al-Assad

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

— Harsha Bhogle

The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either.

— Richard Engel

House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where…

— Jay Leno

Would it be ironic if we had to go back to Iraq to rid it of the Al Quaeda that wasn't there…

— Gary Gulman

We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.

— Joschka Fischer