Iraq war Quotes

Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.

— Christopher Hitchens

I stopped being a Republican because of the Iraq War.

— Ben Domenech

We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

— Condoleezza Rice

The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.

— Bill Dedman

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

— Anonymous

“War is politics for everyone but the warrior.”

— Tiffany Madison

Would the Iraq War have occurred without WMD? I doubt it,

— Karl Rove

The Iraq War is largely about oil.

— Alan Greenspan

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

— Donald Rumsfeld

People asked me during the Iraq war if I was afraid to speak out. I said no.

— Molly Ivins

We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.

— George W. Bush

I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

— George W. Bush

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

— Al Gore

From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.

— Andrew Card

I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military…

— Chris Murphy

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

— George W. Bush

“Know what you’re working toward and eliminate debt, so that if you change your mind later it doesn’t kill you to know…

— Brian Huskie

My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have…

— George W. Bush

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we…

— Ron Paul

The one piece of policy it seemed that everybody agreed on was that the Iraq war was a good idea, that's what…

— Jimmy Dore

McMaster, 54, is the smartest and most capable military officer of his generation, one who has not only led American victories on…

— Peter Bergen

Take the Iraq War,it's the second worst crime after the Second World War. It's the first time in history, in the history…

— Noam Chomsky

The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in…

— Julian Assange

I find it hard to imagine that future historians will see the Iraq War as a big plus in Bush's ledger, but…

— David Greenberg

I was in the White House, probably the only administration I'll ever work for. The administration was not a success, neither at…

— David Frum

“This guy tried to kill me, he’s out there, and I’m going to blow his f***ng head off.' Nothing happened for a…

— Brian Huskie

Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a…

— John F. Kerry

Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of…

— Dick Cheney

“The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the…

— Christopher Hitchens

If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to…

— Hillary Clinton

It was Harry Patch, who was the last living World War I veteran; and by veteran I mean someone who actually fought…

— Jacqueline Winspear

There is a clear and strong link between the economy's present woes and the Iraq war. The war was at least one…

— Joseph Stiglitz

You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American…

— Bill O'Reilly

“The President of the United States is called upon to make the right decision at the right time and you've seen people…

— Dennis Kucinich

“The Crucified is the One most traumatized. He has borne the World Trade Center. He has carried the Iraq war, the destruction…

— Diane Langberg

“Such impulses have displayed themselves very widely across left and liberal opinion in recent months. Why? For some, because what the US…

— Norman Geras

“You might think that the Left could have a regime-change perspective of its own, based on solidarity with its comrades abroad. After…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Some lurid things have been said about me—that I am a racist, a hopeless alcoholic, a closet homosexual and so forth—that I…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Maybe you’ve noticed what I’ve noticed, and thought it strange, or dismissed it as youthful foolishness or that you were missing some…

— Brian Huskie

“It struck me that such analyses had it backward. It’s the American public for whom the Iraq War is often no more…

— Evan Wright