Baghdad Quote by Benjamin Carson

If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians…

— Benjamin Carson

Iraqi Kurds, out of desperate necessity, have forged one of the most watchful and vigilant anti-terrorist communities in the world. Terrorists from elsewhere just…

— Michael Totten

In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for allowing Shiites…

— Victor Davis Hanson

The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state,…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

As far as the command centers are concerned in Raqqa and to a lesser degree Mosul, cut those off. Do the same kind of…

— Benjamin Carson

To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we…

— Jalal Talabani

Under the Assads, Kurds were forbidden from learning their own language at school, or even from speaking it in the military. The result is…

— Luke Harding

Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has…

— John Bolton

The Kurds know that they won't achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what…

— Ahmed Chalabi

The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free.

— Timothy Noah

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both…

— Curt Weldon

I do believe that the Kurds are in a difficult situation. They do have some American support. How consistent that will be is unclear.…

— Joshua Landis