Don't trust Quote by Lawrence Kaplan

Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

— Ahmed Chalabi

Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi)…

— Peter Rodman

Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.

— Richard Engel

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

Who created the sectarian attitude in Iraq? The occupation, ... We never heard of this before in our history. But it's good that Condoleezza…

— Saleh al-Mutlaq

Our government strives to create an independent and impartial judiciary that applies the law without bias or favoritism. And we are incorporating into our…

— Haider al-Abadi

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other…

— Jacques Verges

This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis and the…

— Chuck Hagel

Sovereignty is a question of principle. We must tell the Iraqis: you are a sovereign people. And you are in charge of your own…

— Jacques Chirac

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

— Brent Scowcroft

To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and state because…

— Stanley Hauerwas

“Iraq’s secular regime persecuted and killed Islamic extremists, and al-Qaeda’s leaders abhorred the Iraqi dictator. The distrust was too great to allow even the…

— Joby Warrick