The Kurds are the greatest fighting force and our strongest allies. They're Muslim. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The Kurds are an ancient, democratic, peace-loving people that have never attacked any country. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
Nothing worse than Kurds in your milk. General, make sure i never see another Kurd again — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
“SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRONG COMPASSION! GIVE YOUR VOICE TO VOICELESS KOBANE KIDS!” — Widad Akrawi 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
Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you — Leyla Zana 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most Turkish Kurds want a quiet life and improved economic conditions. But the Kurdish regions of Turkey are mountainous; they're ill-favored climatically;… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
There is no military solution to the war in Iraq. Our troops can help suppress the violence, but they cannot solve its… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The Kurds in Iraq just don't have enough military equipment - they also need humanitarian relief. — Pete Hoekstra 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
There is a difference between Iraq, where you have Sunni, Shia, and Kurds put together after the First World War by the… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Back when Saddam Hussein was in power, the Americans didn't care about his crimes. When he was gassing the Kurds and gassing… — Sam Richards Copy Share Image
Just as certain Cold War binaries were collapsing, new binaries of Sunni versus Shia or Arab versus Kurd were being created by… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be… — Wayne White 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
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
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 country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you have the Kurds and… — James Clapper Copy Share Image