Amount Quote by Les Aspin

Now the world believes in Kurds, as they have become partners in that region. The West doesn't believe in the Iraqi government - not…

— Mano Khalil

Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq is clearly a 'client' state of the West, of Turkey and to some extent, Israel. It is shamelessly capitalist,…

— Andre Vltchek

So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short…

— Anonymous

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and…

— Les Aspin

We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we…

— Les Aspin

The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state,…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate…

— Bob Kerrey

We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that…

— Jeb Bush

The Kurds know that they won't achieve their own state by force of arms but through international recognition. And they have certainly heard what…

— Ahmed Chalabi

We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our…

— Jalal Talabani

There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is…

— Peter W. Galbraith

“It is not a small thing I want...but it is very important to the Kurds, to all Kurds. Perhaps it would be too easy…

— James Aldridge