About Quote by Rick Atkinson

In any event, it is one thing to assert, then or now, that the Iraq war was ill-advised. It is quite another to make…

— Laurence Silberman

In searching for a rationale to go to war, Bush settled on the notion of Saddam as an incarnation of evil, basically, and convinced…

— Rick Atkinson

The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize…

— George W. Bush

“Iraq’s secular regime persecuted and killed Islamic extremists, and al-Qaeda’s leaders abhorred the Iraqi dictator. The distrust was too great to allow even the…

— Joby Warrick

“This mixture of political and geographical considerations compounded Saddam’s failure to grasp the operational requirements of such a campaign. Rather than allowing his forces…

— Efraim Karsh

I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.

— Martin Luther

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He…

— Carl Levin

I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to…

— Tommy Franks

The United States encouraged Iraqis to rise up after Saddam Hussein's army was driven out of Kuwait. Washington assumed Saddam was weak after losing…

— Richard Engel

This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance, by a desire to control oil wealth, by a desire to implant our programs. (talking…

— Jimmy Carter

Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the…

— Zack de la Rocha