Iraq Quotes - Page 18

• It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.

  Arthur L. Herman

  Mistake, Essentials, Vietnam

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• Our relationship with the United States is not reduced to questions of fighting terrorism and the Iraq war. German-American relations were so good for so many years because they extended deeply into the normal lives of people.

  Angela Merkel

  Guerra, Lucha, Años

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Successful, Looks, Regimes

  ""Poverty Is a Greater Concern for Most than a Democratic Constitution"". Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 29, 2005.

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• Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the Iranians, after decades of hostility, are now interested in good relations. On the other hand, they want to keep the country weak and dominate the region.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Country, Hands, Iran

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Iran, Effort, Southern

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• The feeling of being an Iraqi unites all ethnic groups within this country. Even the Kurds, who have traditionally pushed for their own state, see the benefits of the current situation. They enjoy an autonomous status in Kurdistan, while at the same time participating in decisions in Baghdad. But if neighboring states were to push for a partition of Iraq, it would be a horrible mistake.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Country, Mistake, Decision

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Military, Political, Together

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

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• No digo que George W. Bush lo hiciera todo bien. Pero incluso si se adopta una visión escéptica de su guerra de Irak, [Barack] Obama cometió el error más grave de retirar sus tropas de Irak antes de tiempo.

  Garry Kaspárov

  Guerra, Errores, Puntos de vista

  "Putin necesita guerras para legitimar su posición". Entrevista con Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. 10 de noviembre de 2015.

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• [Should] Iraq acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year.

  George W. Bush

  Years, Would Be, Nuclear

  Discurso ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, pronunciado el 12 de septiembre de 2002, New York, NY

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• Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder - and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder. . . . Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world.

  George W. Bush

  Safe Haven, America, Heartless

  Quinto discurso presidencial sobre el estado de la Unión, pronunciado el 31 de enero de 2006

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• Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Study Group, Groups, Quitting

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• Iran is biggest strategic beneficiary of invasion of Iraq.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, Invasion, Beneficiaries

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• Iraq will require US occupation of undetermined length.

  Barack Obama

  Occupation, Length

  Speech Opposing the War in Iraq at Federal Plaza, delivered 2 October 2002, Chicago, Illinois

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• No time limit in Iraq; stay until we achieve stability.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Limits, Achieve, Stability

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• Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.

  John F. Kerry

  Winning, Policy, Mccain

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• Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

  John F. Kerry

  Political, Democrat, Solutions

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• Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, Neighbor, Military Presence

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• Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

  John McCain

  Iran, Als, Limits

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• Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

  John McCain

  War, Als, Al Qaeda

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 16, 2007.

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• Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing.

  John McCain

  Democrat, Withdrawing

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• Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

  Chuck Hagel

  War, Choices, Vietnam

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• We need willingness to consider different mission in Iraq.

  Christopher Dodd

  Different, Needs, Missions

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• Military solution in Iraq has been disproven and discredited.

  Christopher Dodd

  Military, Has Beens, Solutions

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• Even if Iraq IS a civil war, people have won civil wars.

  Newt Gingrich

  War, People, Ifs

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• Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.

  Joe Biden

  Thinking, Decades

  "Meet the Press: Meet the Candidates 2008 series". Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. April 29, 2007.

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