Turkey is saying that it wants to preserve Sunni dominance in Mosul. Obviously, there, the Kurds, the Shia, the Iraqi government have… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
I feel pretty safe in saying that most Americans can't tell you off the top of their head who the Kurds are… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
Under the Assads, Kurds were forbidden from learning their own language at school, or even from speaking it in the military. The… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
“They call the Kurds; 'The world's largest nation without a state. No need mercy! we may have "No Friend But the Mountains"… — Jahanshah Safari Copy Share Image
The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army.… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
The Kurds had always had a bad time. They were oppressed by the Ottoman empire. Then, at the end of the First… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I do believe that the Kurds are in a difficult situation. They do have some American support. How consistent that will be… — Joshua Landis Copy Share Image
It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
The Kurds know that they won't achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly… — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
The Arabs are victims. You have Shia Arabs, under Arabization under Saddam Hussein, who were forcibly moved up there... You have Kurds… — Raymond T. Odierno Copy Share Image
I think that, given the threat that ISIS poses to the region and beyond, as we have sadly seen in our own… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“It is time to recognize the past and ongoing genocides to prevent new ones. Together we can build a better world!” — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
“SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION! GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS KOBANE KIDS!” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
The Kurds are an ancient, democratic, peace-loving people that have never attacked any country. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“I am afraid, my friends, that the ugly chapters of genocides and the deep-rooted history of persecution in the Middle East will… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
We need to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat ISIS…We're not using our overwhelming air power. We're not arming the Kurds.… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
For the first time the people of Iraq are united. Today on CNN I saw a Kurd, a Shiite and a member… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
We respect the will of our citizens, whether they are Kurds or Arabs or Turkmen, but will not allow an illegal and… — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
Every night I get many letters, and after every talk I get many questions from people who say, "I want to change… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As far as the command centers are concerned in Raqqa and to a lesser degree Mosul, cut those off. Do the same… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
News is like the tilefish which appears in great schools off the Atlantic Coast some years and then vanishes, no one knows… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
![“It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is that we will support those who take the fight to ISIS. That is why we have troops in Iraq that are helping to train and build back up the Iraqi military, why we have…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1e/hillary-clinton-51_agree_it-cannot-be-an-american-fight-and-i-thi_19737.jpg)
