Acknowledgement Quote by William F. Buckley, Jr

The president has outlined a new strategy for success in Iraq, but in order for this effort to be successful the Iraqi government must…

— John Boehner

The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.

— Marty Meehan

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

— Anonymous

It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact…

— Carl Levin

It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death…

— Scott Ritter

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

The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners…

— Peter Arnett

And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn -- the precision of our efforts against al…

— Barack Obama

What we now have in Iraq is a defeat.

— Henry Waxman

We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that…

— Earl Blumenauer

The failure to establish a new Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq, and the election-driven timetable for withdrawal, surrendered our gains in that country…

— Donald Trump

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new…

— Barack Obama