Clip Quote by Graydon Carter

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

— Lawrence Korb

Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to do anything…

— Mark Shields

The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.

— Muqtada al Sadr

“Masses of Iraqis keep on dying for no palpably tangible reason that they can so much as identify to themselves, far less anyone else.…

— Kanan Makiya

There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths by about…

— David Petraeus

President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged…

— Peter Arnett

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

— Anonymous

The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable…

— Ahmed Chalabi

The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.

— Jim Lehrer

The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing.…

— David Letterman

If we are lucky, and George W. Bush is right, we are about to witness the War of the Happy Iraqis.

— Howard Fineman

It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force-but, you know, there they still are. There…

— Michael Nesmith