Iraq Quotes - Page 4

• When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.

  Asne Seierstad

  Body, Freezer, Decided

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• If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Chaos, Feels, Ifs

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• I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Contracts, Cents

  "British MP denies oil-for-food charges" by Phil Hirschkorn, www.cnn.com. May 17, 2005.

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• There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements might be in Iraq. Some of the higher end predictions we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post- Iraq, are wildly off the mark. It is hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army — hard to imagine.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  War, Army, Might

  House Budget Committee testimony on Iraq, February 27, 2003.

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• I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

  Joni Ernst

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "Iowa GOP Senate Candidate Still Believes There Were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq" by Patricl Caldwell, www.motherjones.com. May 12, 2014.

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• What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action.

  Dick Cheney

  Action, Things To Do, Ifs

  "Cheney, Edwards spar over Iraq policies". Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.

  Adam Schiff

  War, Home, Community

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• The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.

  Julian Assange

  Memories, War, Ignorance

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• Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

  Madeleine Albright

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Hussein

  Press Statement, Chicago, www.pbs.org. November 10, 1999.

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• Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.

  Madeleine Albright

  Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction, Long

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• I thought then and I think now that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust and I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Unjust, Invasion

  "Former President Carter Addresses Faith, Justice, and Iraq War at Baptist Centenary" by Maria Mackay, www.christianpost.com. July 30, 2005.

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• I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Use, Today, Lasts

  "Rumsfeld: No World War III in Iraq". edition.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

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• I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

  George W. Bush

  Writing, People, Troops

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.106, M.E. Sharpe

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• The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

  George W. Bush

  Tyrants, Fallen

  Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq, delivered 1 May 2003 from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off the coast of San Diego, CA

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• Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

  George W. Bush

  Civilization, Chaos, Terror

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• Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

  Dick Cheney

  Kuwait, Decision, Today

  "Two Americas?", www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2004.

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• No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

  Hillary Clinton

  Courage, War, Fighting

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• A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

  Jim DeMint

  Islamic, Light, Shining

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• Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.

  Charles Krauthammer

  War, Risk, Gains

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• I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

  Denis Leary

  Funny, Country, Humor

  Denis Leary (2015). “No Cure for Cancer”, p.93, Anchor

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• Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Sarcastic, Camels

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• The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Motivation, Business

  "Koch: Moore's propaganda film cheapens debate, polarizes nation". World Tribune, June 29, 2004.

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• Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

  Mike Pence

  Winning, People, Democracy

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

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• Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

  Harold Pinter

  Attitude, Gdp, Democracy

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• The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

  Charles Rangel

  War, Priorities, Prevention

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