Country Quote by Patrick Cockburn Download Open image “Everything that happens in Iraq affects countries outside.” — Patrick Cockburn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country Happens Iraq
In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein. — Elizabeth Dole Copy Share Image
And so there are so many good things going on all across Iraq and unfortunately that's not what the American people see on TV… — Donald Evans Copy Share Image
I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
[the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East — William Kristol Copy Share Image
In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
While the distance between the United States and Iraq is great, Saddam Hussein's ability to use his chemical and biological weapons against us is… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
There are some things that could hold it together, notably oil revenues. But at the moment, the much vaunted surge has had a measure… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Mosul stands rally at a sort of juncture of sectarian and ethnic differences. — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the Shia side.… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Young Shia who have been brought up with nothing, who are pretty anarchic, pretty dangerous. In 2004 when they came close to killing me,… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Muqtada leads the only real mass movement in Iraq. It's a mass movement of the Shia, who are 60 percent of the population, and… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
But from the moment George Bush decided to overthrow Saddam, the people who were going to benefit here were the Shia, who are 60… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Muqtada is radical in the sense that he wants the U.S. occupation to end and has always said so from the beginning. Secondly, his… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that there's billions of dollars sitting in the Iraqi government reserves, somehow they are incapable of getting it out to the… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad, there will… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Muqtada belongs to the most famous religious family in Iraq, which is the al-Sadr family. He's really the third in line. [Muqtada's father] drew… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Turkey is saying that it wants to preserve Sunni dominance in Mosul. Obviously, there, the Kurds, the Shia, the Iraqi government have their own… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image