9/11 was a genuine trauma, and President George W. Bush rallied the country. I think the Iraq war was ill-considered, but there… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations. — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are… — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon,… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
Andrew Warren was a rarity in the CIA's Clandestine Service - African-American, fluent in Arabic, and relatively young for an agent who'd… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership and the sacrifice of brave young Americans. To deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
“I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
In a new poll 54 percent believed President Bush exaggerated the size of Iraq's missile threat. Hey, he's a guy. — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
I hope the fact-checkers are turning up the volume and really working hard. Donald [Trump] supported the invasion of Iraq. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
Iraq was home of the Abbasid Caliphate, a golden age when the Muslim world was at the forefront of math, science and… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly… — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You'd be shocked by the amount of firepower… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq,… — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
[Invading Iraq] is not the best way to make a safer world in which the United States would be a responsible partner,… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The difference in this town - here in Washington - on the war is not between Democrats and Republicans; it's between people… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
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