August Quote by Michael Klare

It was not the United States who invaded Kuwait; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that went to war with Iran;…

— Colin Powell

Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until…

— Saddam Hussein

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he…

— Anonymous

Iraq was only the latest in a succession of countries. Earlier, there was Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, Granada, Panama. But this time it wasn't just…

— Arundhati Roy

The first Iraq War was one of necessity because vital U.S. interests were at stake, and we reached the point where no other national-security…

— Richard N. Haass

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

— Noam Chomsky

What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter.…

— Dougray Scott

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

— Walter Cronkite

The illegal 2003 invasion had little to do with liberating Iraqis from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Instead, the real freedoms and benefits were destined to…

— John McDonnell

The Gulf War may not have occurred in the actual global space, but it did occur in global time. And this thanks to CNN…

— Paul Virilio

This aggression will not stand. With these words, George Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after…

— George H. W. Bush