Accommodations Quote by Barack Obama

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi…

— John Abizaid

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.

— Anonymous

And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

— John Abizaid

An open, market-oriented, and peaceful Iraq could also advance reform and growth across the entire region.

— Richard N. Haass

What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's…

— Vali Nasr

The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security…

— Craig L. Thomas

In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the…

— John Linder

I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And I believe…

— George W. Bush

A stable Iraq at peace with its neighbors will remain elusive until we improve both the security and the economic environment in Iraq.

— Tom Lantos

If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort…

— Barack Obama

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings.…

— Rand Beers

Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the…

— George W. Casey, Jr