Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas… — Alfred Jodl Copy Share Image
The gulf between imperial ideals and empire on the ground has customarily proved disillusioning not only for colonial peoples but also for… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true. — Paul Bremer Copy Share Image
I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991. — Jon Lee Anderson Copy Share Image
An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image