Collapsed Quote by Richard Engel Download Open image “By 2007, Iraqi society had completely collapsed.” — Richard Engel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Collapsed Had Iraqi Society
We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery. — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Everything that makes a society run is broken in Iraq. The only real structure is the people's own sense of themselves as Iraqis, which… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's… — Vali Nasr Copy Share Image
When Saddam Hussein was eliminated, the Iraqi statehood and thousands of people from the former Baath party were also eliminated. Thousands of Iraqi servicemen,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . . . and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
What happened in Iraq and Syria was that the world remained silent as ISIS expanded. — Nadia Murad Copy Share Image
The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Anyone who follows the Middle East and Islamic world in general can't deny it is often a very violent place, that a band of… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
An Egyptian newspaper once publicly identified me as the C.I.A. station chief in Cairo. It seemed so stupid at the time. I was only… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
If you're in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There weren't many weapons in Egypt in the 1990s. Police controls on guns were very strict back then. That is no longer the case… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Bin Laden is dead, and most of his friends are dead. But did it need to cost a trillion dollars and two land wars,… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it. — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and I practically collapsed. I couldn't stop crying, I had… — Candice Bergen Copy Share Image
We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit… — Joschka Fischer Copy Share Image
Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
If watching your child die is a parent's worst nightmare, imagine having to tell your other child that his sister is dead... Although I… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Enron had already collapsed and filed for bankruptcy protection by the beginning of 2002. But despite complaints from short sellers that corporations had used… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call 'neo-liberal' principles:… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
