Deals Quote by Brent Scowcroft

What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their…

— H. R. McMaster

[Saddam Hussein] could have easily reconstituted a program. He was a threat to peace before we went in. He'd have been a threat to…

— George W. Bush

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

— Colin Powell

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was…

— Janis Karpinski

I think it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. I think it was the right decision then and I still think it was right…

— David Cameron

I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard to do.…

— Dick Cheney

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

— John Dingell

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

— Colin Powell

As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have…

— Allen Boyd

My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by…

— Brent Scowcroft

No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25…

— George W. Bush

We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.

— Condoleezza Rice