Defeat Quote by Howard Dean

Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition.…

— Tucker Carlson

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies…

— Dennis Cardoza

A failed Iraq would make America less secure.

— George W. Bush

I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.

— Kenneth Adelman

The withdrawal that Congress is debating now will only effect whether we leave somewhat gracefully or in complete panic and humiliation. Sistani has already…

— Cenk Uygur

But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if all these…

— William Odom

I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Let me give simple, responsible reasons: (1) It was a cakewalk…

— Kenneth Adelman

According to U.S. strategy, if you never see the other, his destruction will be more acceptableso that when Iraqi soldiers surrendered, sooner than expected,…

— Serge Daney

It would send an unbelievably terrible signal to reformers across the region. It would say we've abandoned our desire to change the conditions that…

— George W. Bush

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.

— Chris Murphy

Deadline for Iraqi withdrawal is legislating defeat.

— Newt Gingrich