Iraq Quotes · Page 16

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

— Barack Obama

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

— Michael Hastings

“If I can be perfectly blunt, his humanities teacher was an ass.”

— Tucker Elliot

Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?

— P. J. O'Rourke

I don't know who you're referring to exactly who said, 'What has Iraq done to us?'

— Janeane Garofalo

I feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

[Saddam] Hussein maintains an active and aggressive nuclear weapons program.

— Sandy Berger

The U.S. military cannot fight Iraq's war for them.

— Bob Beckel

Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.

— Dinesh D'Souza

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

— George W. Bush

A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to…

— Ben Nelson

Iran is taking over Iraq. They've been trying to for many, many decades. And now they're finally taking over Iraq. As we…

— Donald Trump

Pentagon records show that at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. Army have deserted since the Iraq war began. Hey, at…

— Tina Fey

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad?... I…

— Colin Powell

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

— Carol Moseley Braun

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of…

— Naji Sabri

President Bush is going to establish elections there in Iraq. He's going to rebuild the infrastructure. He's going to create jobs. He…

— David Letterman

There is no more "front" and "rear" where Fobbit-types would go to hide out in safer locations. In Iraq and Afghanistan, you…

— Dave Abrams

There is a proliferation of terrorism as a result of the war in Iraq. What America has created is a den for…

— David E. Bonior

, I'm going to reserve judgment on [Rex] Tillerson. But I'll ask him the same question I've asked the others: do you…

— Rand Paul

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would…

— Tony Abbott

You know, I agree with President Obama that in Iraq and Afghanistan, at some point in time, we have to take the…

— Josh Mandel

As a painter, I realized that what we see is just manifestation of unseen power. Since then [1958 Coup in Iraq], reality…

— Ala Bashir

There is no getting around the reality that the second Iraq war was a war of choice; had it been carried out…

— Richard N. Haass

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

— Harry Reid

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

— George W. Bush

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

— John Smith

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

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

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

— Segolene Royal

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

— Bashar al-Assad

I can unequivocally tell you I would not have sent my kid to the Iraq war.

— Jesse Ventura

Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

— Paul Bremer

At the end of the day, Iraq was a part of the fight against terrorism.

— Haider al-Abadi

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

— Studs Terkel

Blaming Obama for Iraq violence is like blaming Daniel Craig because Octopussy sucked.

— John Fugelsang

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

— Janez Drnovsek