Capacity Quote by John Abizaid

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

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous…

— John Abizaid

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are…

— John Abizaid

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on…

— John Abizaid

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi…

— John Abizaid

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on…

— Paul Bremer

I think when I close my eyes what I think is 4,500 days or so, 4,250 I guess days, was long enough to give…

— Richard Armitage

“We justify murder every day. What do you think about all those Iraqi civilians killed in the war? All those Afghans? Just collateral damage,…

— Anonymous

I'm just am amazed that he seems to think the Iraqi government and our allies and everybody else launched the attack on Mosul for…

— Hillary Clinton

The U.S. liberated Iraq from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe…

— George W. Bush

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.

— Peter DeFazio

We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training…

— Pat Roberts