Cost Quote by John Olver

I believe that the president's (Bush) leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in…

— Nancy Pelosi

The 2003 war in Iraq may be considered the greatest error in American policy since the Civil War. Its ramifications are earth-shattering and will…

— Malcolm Nance

This war of choice in Iraq is undermining the very fabric of American society.

— Raul Grijalva

On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq, [Bush's] assumptions and policies have been wrong. This strange combination of arrogance and incompetence has not only…

— Fareed Zakaria

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Success in past U.S. conflicts has not been strictly the result of military leadership but rather the judgment of the president in choosing generals…

— Robert Dallek

President Bush failed "miserably" at diplomacy, forcing the United States into war.

— Tom Daschle

Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

— Chuck Hagel

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our…

— George Soros

The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history … On every level - moral, strategic, military and economic - Iraq was…

— Tomas Young

I think that the decision to go to war in Iraq was a mistake.

— Hillary Clinton

I think the President's decision to withdraw the United States, to keep a campaign promise in Iraq, without leaving a stay-behind force was a…

— John Barrasso