Effort Quote by Paul Cellucci

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

— George W. Bush

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by…

— George W. Bush

We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what…

— Greg Bear

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite…

— Brent Scowcroft

The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining…

— Armstrong Williams

Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

— Denis McDonough

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror

— Carl Levin

It's time to refocus our global fight against terrorism. We must move away from the Iraq-centric policies that are draining our resources and focus…

— Russ Feingold

My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by…

— Brent Scowcroft

The threat of a world war is no more.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency. [...] It has developed weapons of mass death.

— George W. Bush

It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism

— Alex Salmond