Iraq Quotes - Page 38

• I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.

  Madeleine Albright

  Numbers, Vietnam, Disaster

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• The United States was the one nullifying any attempt in the Security Council of the United Nations to sanction those fascist governments, really segregationist and racist. The same thing it is doing for Israel is what it used to do for South Africa who ended up having seven nuclear weapons. Why didn't they act against them like they did against Iraq for the so called weapons of mass destruction during Bush that never existed in the first place?

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Government, Mass Destruction, Israel

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• The Islamic world is not only suffering from the American occupation of Palestine and Iraq, it's also suffering from the unbelievable corruption in Afghanistan by Afghans themselves and also in Iraq - I'm just giving these 2 examples of countries which are under direct occupation; I do not mean at all to negate the terrible events that led to this or what's going on with the foreign occupation there.

  Seyyed Hossein Nasr

  Country, Islamic, Mean

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I think Britain needs to get out there on the world stage and make itself heard. And for much of my political career, there has been a sense of retreat from the world stage because of what happened in the Iraq War.

  George Osborne

  War, Thinking, Careers

  Source: www.economist.com

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• I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten or twelve years. Based on some political stuff and other things, I think I'm not the only musician, the only American jazz musician that's not going to Europe quite as much. I think we're seen a little differently in the world, unfortunately, than we were pre-Iraq invasion and things like that.

  Jon Gordon

  Thinking, Years, Europe

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• I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan.

  Barack Obama

  Mistake, Thinking, Should Have

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Done, World

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Way, Enough

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.

  Barack Obama

  Troops, Burden, Advisors

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].

  Barack Obama

  Footprint, Afghanistan, Knows

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are interested in building up their countries rather than destroying them, and doing so in a way that is sustainable and doesn't put a constant burden on the amazing men and women that we've got in uniform.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Men, Building Up

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• In the West or anywhere else, the treatment of people in an undignified way (structural and institutionalized racism against Latinos or African American citizens) as well as a dangerous dehumanization of some people (in Palestine, Iraq, Africa or Asia) are simply unacceptable.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Racism, People, African American

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". The Islamic Monthly Interview, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• If you know anything about Islamic civilization, or about the contemporary Middle East, about the sociology and the anthropology of the people who live there, and their recent history, and their religion, and their motivation and everything, then you realize that changing Iraq into a democracy is not going to happen. It's just not going to happen.

  Mark Helprin

  Motivation, Islamic, Civilization

  Source: americasfuture.org

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• One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war in Iraq. That really was very difficult and very painful. Every fibre in my body felt it was wrong. I spoke to leaders, we spoke to people, we tried... we couldn't stop it... and we see the results.

  Kofi Annan

  Regret, War, People

  "Kofi Annan Calls Obama’s Libya Policy 'Not Very Helpful'" by Richard Grenell, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2011.

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• Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.

  Kofi Annan

  Believe, Generations, Able

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• Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the occasional drone strike in Pakistan). In addition, the United States is pledged to defend 28 countries in NATO. It is unwise to expand the monetary and military obligations of the United States given the burden of our $20 trillion debt.

  Rand Paul

  Country, Military, Fighting

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Hegemony is not defined by rivers or conventional borders - it's dominance, it's influence. So we get to decide in our hearts, are we in Iraq to help restore something, or are we there to establish dominance? How can you torture people and say, well, that's just a few bad apples in our culture?

  Dar Williams

  Heart, Rivers, Apples

  Source: progressive.org

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• When you're making art, there's a lot of self-importance attached to that, but at the end of the day, you can always fall back on the fact that it's just a play. It's not like the Iraq War or something. We're not causing anybody any harm, other than a couple hours of a wasted evening.

  Glen Berger

  Art, Couple, War

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.

  Abdallah II

  The End Of The Day, Want, Way

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• Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Goal, Enough

  Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Thinking, Keys

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• Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Country, Iran, Years

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• We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Country, People, Population

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• The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.

  Kofi Annan

  Morning, Impact, Leader

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat prisoners with dignity. What about your dedicated soldiers that have helped fight in Afghanistan and Iraq? They're living in tents and our soldiers are living in tents. So it's OK for soldiers to live in tents, in hot tents, but it's wrong for inmates?

  Joe Arpaio

  Fighting, Cells, Soldier

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