Certain Quote by Elliott Colla

“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

What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

Many Sunnis joined Islamic State because they felt they were being treated poorly. Winning back their trust is the primary task of the new…

— Ahmed Chalabi

You know, since the 6th century, Sunni and Shia have been fighting.

— John Kasich

I remember speaking to a sheik who came back into the political system in late 2008, laid down his arms. His troops became part…

— Jack Keane

The Sunni Arabs began to realize that they had made a huge mistake by not voting in the election of 2005 and by not…

— David Petraeus

The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you have the Kurds and then the…

— James Clapper

The world is restructuring, and all of the enemies that used to exist are kind of gone, so now they are looking out for…

— Howard Rheingold

There is a difference between Iraq, where you have Sunni, Shia, and Kurds put together after the First World War by the Western powers.…

— John Kasich

The Sunnis continue to see themselves, possibly for nostalgic reasons, as the most influential group and want a stronger central government - quite unlike…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country…

— Brent Scowcroft

If anything, what happened in Iraq after the fall of Saddam set back prospects for democratic reform in the region, as many came to…

— Richard N. Haass