Administration Quote by Juan Cole

I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as…

— Juan Cole

What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their…

— H. R. McMaster

We try very quickly to show that we are not at war with the Iraqi people. We're trying to deal with the people who…

— Paul Bremer

The more I've reflected on that and asked Iraqi friends, the more I realize that the corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with…

— Elliott Colla

“I have the impression that if the "armchair generals" arguers got their way and asked only war veterans what to do about Saddam Hussein,…

— Christopher Hitchens

The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with…

— Dean Acheson

The Iraqis sat down for talks on how to put together a post-war government. They would have sat down yesterday, but somebody stole all…

— Jay Leno

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits…

— Arundhati Roy

I actually bought the argument that if we democratized Iraq, we could create a space for venting some of the stuff that's going on…

— Andrew Sullivan

The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these…

— George Tenet

Everything that makes a society run is broken in Iraq. The only real structure is the people's own sense of themselves as Iraqis, which…

— Bruce Cockburn