Iraq Quote by John Mearsheimer

It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.

— William Odom

The Iraq war was not necessary.

— Scott McClellan

I think the Iraq War is not particularly tailored to American interests.

— Peter Brimelow

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

— John Hume

Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we…

— George H. W. Bush

The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.

— Colin Powell

We have no vital national interest in Syria's civil war.

— Pat Buchanan

The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to help.

— Donald Rumsfeld

We are not going to abandon Iraq.

— Zalmay Khalilzad

I did not believe in the Iraq war.

— Richard N. Haass

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

— Peter DeFazio

The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate…

— Anthony Shadid