Iraq Quotes - Page 19

• Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history.

  Joe Biden

  Inevitable

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• Iraq war has made us overlook domestic agenda.

  Mike Huckabee

  War, Agendas, Made

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• If we leave Iraq, terrorists will follow us home.

  John McCain

  Home, Terrorist, Ifs

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. January 21, 2007.

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• The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

  Noam Chomsky

  World, Gains, Energy

  "On the Election". "Real Time" with Bill Maher, chomsky.info. November 10, 2004.

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• The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Daughter, Jobs, War

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• The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.

  Billy Bragg

  War, America, Evil

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• The disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region.

  Bernie Sanders

  Invasion, Regions

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're seeing right now. I think that was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the modern history of the United States.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Levels, Invasion

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I don't think you can solve what's going on in Iraq unless you can deal effectively with the region and you can't deal effectively with the region if you start with the premise that you can't talk to people who disagree with you.

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, People, Deals

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back to the ISIS leadership in Iraq and Syria, but I'm fairly confident we're going to learn they used these encrypted communication applications that have commercial encryption and are extremely difficult for companies to break - and which the companies have made the decision not to produce a key for.

  Michael Morell

  Communication, Keys, Isis

  Source: www.politico.com

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• One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're going to do. How many times did [Osama] bin Laden say prior to 9/11 that he was coming after the U.S.? ISIS made clear that when they established their caliphate in Iraq and Syria, they were coming after the United States too.

  Michael Morell

  Isis, United States, Needs

  Source: www.politico.com

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• It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is that we will support those who take the fight to ISIS. That is why we have troops in Iraq that are helping to train and build back up the Iraqi military, why we have special operators in Syria working with the Kurds and Arabs, so that we can be supportive.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: time.com

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• I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems posed by jihadi extreme terrorism, we need to understand it and realize that it has antecedents to what happened in Iraq and we have to continue to be vigilant about it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mistake, Thinking, Needs

  "Hillary Struggled with Wall Street and 9/11, But She Still Won the Debate" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. November 15, 2015.

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• It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them.

  Eric Stoltz

  Depressing, Real, War

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• We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

  Studs Terkel

  Independent, Term, Contractor

  "What I've Learned: Studs Terkel" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 6, 2008.

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• For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

  Hugo Chavez

  Catholic, United States, Example

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• The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.

  Edward Kennedy

  America, Abuse, Done

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• (Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.

  John McCain

  Issues, Long, Judgment

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• The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.

  Joe Biden

  Blessing, Soldier, World

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• Since the advent of the atomic bomb, the United States has always needed two kinds of enemies. On one level, it has needed a tactical enemy that it can go out and fight in the field in a shooting war. Since 1945, these enemies have been created and appeared as North Korea, North Vietnam, Grenada, El Salvador, Panama, Iraq and now Colombia. On another level, however, the US needs a strategic enemy that will justify outrageous expenditures of capital for strategic weapon systems like ICBMs, Trident submarines and "Star Wars" missile defence systems.

  Michael Ruppert

  Stars, War, Fighting

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• And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Support, President

  "Bush Is 'the Worst in History' In Foreign Relations, Carter Says". www.washingtonpost.com. May 20, 2007.

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• Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.

  Maurice Hinchey

  Military, Leader, Invasion

  "Dem: Bush intentionally lost bin Laden" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. November 30, 2009.

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• Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, saying the Quran says this, Quran says that, and the Afghans believe that because they speak Arabic, they think they know the language of Quran, and they know Islam better than us, let's follow them. So they simply follow them.

  Najibullah Quraishi

  Believe, Thinking, Islam

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.

  David Cameron

  Afghanistan, Blown Away

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• Will Iraq be a democracy? The question is, 'Will America be a democracy?'

  Howard Zinn

  America, Democracy

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