Analysis Quote by Charlie Gonzalez

We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving…

— Dennis Cardoza

Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer…

— Victor Davis Hanson

I feel a sense of responsibility to the Iraqi community and to the Arab world.

— Naveen Andrews

One thing is clear: The Iraqi people are showing incredible courage. The United States of America must understand that it's in our interests that…

— George W. Bush

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

America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of…

— Richard Gere

We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is…

— Donald Rumsfeld

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your…

— Peter Pace

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have…

— Patrick J. Kennedy

A large majority of Americans believe that the U.N., not the U.S., should take the lead in working with Iraqis to transfer authentic sovereignty…

— Noam Chomsky

And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.

— Donald Rumsfeld

I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return…

— Ahmed Chalabi