Against Quote by Igor Ivanov

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't…

— Donald Rumsfeld

Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by…

— Igor Ivanov

Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume…

— Javier Solana

We need a unifying presence in the central government in Iraq, and so we think the stability and security of Iraq, and especially the…

— Morgan Ortagus

If democracy is based on the people why force it [on Iraq]

— Loesje

In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or…

— Vladimir Putin

I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only…

— Vladimir Putin

Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on…

— Kofi Annan

“A continent once described as the white man’s grave, can now be suitably dubbed the white man’s harem.”

— A. H. Septimius

Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire,…

— Peter Schuyler

The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and…

— Frank Gaffney

We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11…

— Anonymous