Iraq Quotes - Page 17

• A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Paris, France

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• Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard.

  David Letterman

  Names, Comedy, Republican

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• The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

  Walter Cronkite

  Invasion, Politics, Illegal

  "Our Troops Must Leave Iraq" by Walter Cronkite and David Krieger, www.commondreams.org. December 4, 2007.

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• And now the really difficult part: We have to rebuild Iraq into a strong and independent nation that will one day hate the United States.

  David Letterman

  Strong, Hate, Independent

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• President Bush is often out there talking about the importance of staying the course, and about the sacrifice, but he has not attended a funeral of a soldier who has fallen in Iraq.

  Dana Milbank

  Sacrifice, Talking, Funeral

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• I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You'd be shocked by the amount of firepower you can buy - 50 caliber sniper rifles and the same shotguns the Marines carry in Iraq or Afghanistan. It doesn't matter whether I know how to use these things - I can just walk into a store and buy them.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Military, Marine, Gun

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Israel, America, Palestine

  "Readings from Howard Zinn’s 'Voices of a People’s History of the United States'". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 20, 2006.

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• Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq, not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Successful, Government, Democracy

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• If Australia is attacked, it's no longer terrorism. We have invaded Iraq. Iraq, or its new allies, have every right to attack back.

  Margo Kingston

  Australia, Allies, Terrorism

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• Saddam Hussein... I believe is involved with this World Trade Center and Pentagon bombing. I believe that you're going to find out that money from Iraq flowed in and helped this happen.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Believe, World, Hussein

  "O'Reilly: "We Do Not Speculate Here". FAIR.org, June 10, 2005.

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• We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Needs, Moral

  "Shades Of The Sixties" by Brian Dakss, www.cbsnews.com. October 26, 2002.

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• Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq.

  David Brooks

  Mistake, Majority, Polls

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain. Tragically Londoners have now paid the price of the government ignoring such warnings.

  George Galloway

  Country, Government, Warning

  "Galloway: Bombings price of Iraq". news.bbc.co.uk. July 8, 2005.

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• For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.

  Kay Bailey Hutchison

  Country, Organization, Done

  "CNN Breaking News". Interview with Leon Harris, edition.cnn.com. August 19, 2003.

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• I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the Shia side. Quite contrary to his sort of maverick, firebrand image, he's shown a propensity to deal with the other side, to look for compromises, to negotiate. You might have a loose federation [in Iraq].

  Patrick Cockburn

  Thinking, Would Be, Looks

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have some new study on drought patterns from climate change. Or another little incremental improvement in photovoltaics. Where do those fit in to the daily stream? They don't.

  Andrew Revkin

  Wall, Earthquakes, Oil

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• Iran has, by virtue of its growth and by virtue of the United States' mistakes in Iraq, tilted the balance of power in the Middle East. That is the case, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a threat.

  Trita Parsi

  Mistake, Mean, Iran

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very outset the nuclear issue has been secondary to the more strategic outlook, in which the United States has, since 1991, pursued a policy that it cannot permit any country in the region to become too powerful and challenge American hegemony.

  Trita Parsi

  Country, Powerful, Thinking

  "Trita Parsi: The NIE’s Got Nothing on Him". Interview with Justin Elliott, www.motherjones.com. December 5, 2007.

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• The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.

  Michael Klare

  Military, Play, Oil

  "The Permanent Energy Crisis". Interview with Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. June 19, 2006.

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• The invasion of Iraq was not an unprecedented event; it really was the natural extension of a conflict with Iraq that began on August 2, 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait and occupied Kuwait, which was a major oil supplier to the United States.

  Michael Klare

  August, Kuwait, Oil

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• By the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq: By the time we know about it, it's almost a fait accompli. And that's certainly true with science.

  Ruth Ozeki

  War, Engineering, Done

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• A sovereign, united and strong Iraq is beneficial for everyone.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Strong, Sovereign, United

  "We Are Neither Obstinate nor Gullible". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. April 10, 2009.

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• In the Arab mindset, democratization may not be an exclusively negative term. But it's associated closely with American policies and the occupation of Iraq.

  Gilles Kepel

  Negative, Occupation, May

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.

  Bashar al-Assad

  America, Tanks, Credible

  ""America Must Listen"". Interview with Martin Doerry, www.spiegel.de. September 24, 2006.

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• We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Religious, War, Choices

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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