Claims Quote by Russ Feingold

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist…

— John Conyers

“Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military operations are…

— H.R. McMaster

Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

— Conrad Black

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings.…

— Rand Beers

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

— Jan Schakowsky

If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort…

— Barack Obama

A fictional, but all too real, look at extremist militias in the United States and the extent to which some of them go to…

— Jon Niccum

Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to…

— Jack Keane

The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.

— Meles Zenawi

You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right,…

— James G. Stavridis

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

— Hamid Karzai

Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but…

— Paul Gillmor