Connections Quote by Edwidge Danticat

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

The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution.

— Robin Cook

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

— John Abizaid

We condemn the view that the (U.S.-led) occupation's existence is beneficial for the Iraqi people because if it ended, there would be sectarian war…

— Muqtada al Sadr

First of all, we occupied Afghanistan and Iraq and I'm not even talking about the past occupation of them, I'm just talking about currently.…

— Oren Moverman

The end of foreign occupation is one of the pre-requisites if we are to witness any progress in our efforts to help Iraq go…

— Amr Moussa

Iraq will require US occupation of undetermined length.

— Barack Obama

“By the end of 2004, U.S. operations in Iraq had been rough enough to antagonize the Sunni population without imposing the draconian methods armies…

— Bing West

Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation.

— Jean Parker

And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn -- the precision of our efforts against al…

— Barack Obama

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate…

— Bob Kerrey

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to…

— William Hague