Cannot Quote by Richard Shelby

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies…

— Dennis Cardoza

Now the fact that terrorists throughout the world see this as an opportunity to defeat the United States, we have to be - and…

— Al D'Amato

We have a strong and vital role to play in Iraq, and we certainly cannot leave a vacuum for the insurgents to take over.…

— George W. Bush

No time limit in Iraq; stay until we achieve stability.

— Rudy Giuliani

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or…

— Rick Larsen

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout…

— Peter Pace

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way…

— Jay Rockefeller

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them…

— Carl Levin

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.

— John McCain

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

— John Olver

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is…

— Donald Rumsfeld