It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By necessity we adapt to the realities of the world we live in, but...

It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My fists hit the floor. My head hit the floor. My heart broke, hardened,...

I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their own kids, and they’re going to name them for men and...

The real alternatives to diplomacy are much worse: either rapid descent to a North Korea situation, with an unsupervised nuclear program leading inexorably to nuclear weapons and all their dangerously unpredictable regional consequences; or an...

Innocent people are getting blown up in Iraq because Syria is allowing its territory to be used by terrorists bent on sowing murder and mayhem in Iraq and they’re not going to succeed.

McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was why counterinsurgency – blanketing the population in safety and winning them over –...

The other day, we went somewhere, and did something.

To hear them laugh was to hear that everything was all right, but to see them laugh was to see otherwise

[Since then, Iraq has] risen out of the ashes of dictatorship, … Iraq is now free.

When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.

I don’t think people in the general public realize we have so many local soldiers in Iraq, … A Piece of My Heart is in Iraq.

The U.S. and British governments want to attack Iraq and intervene in its affairs and dream about changing its government and imposing a puppet regime on its population,

obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.

There are more good people than bad people, and overall there’s more that’s good in the world than there is that’s bad. We just need to hear about it, we just need to see it.

It’s best to watch out for men, like me.

This is the most important thing they’ve ever done, … I just got back from Iraq last month. It’s nothing like this. These are our people.

to be more positive about what is going on in Iraq.

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.

I am a Christian, but my time in Iraq has convinced me that God doesn’t want to hear from me anymore. I’ve done things that He can never forgive. I’ve done them consciously. I’ve made...

All those who support the American war in Iraq should make a deal with anyone opposed to the war. Offer to answer any 20 questions the opponents wish to ask if they will answer just...

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

We need to succeed in Iraq. If we don’t, we will create a snake pit … of terrorists.

It started because of a colleague of Bill’s from Texas. What they did was adopt a unit in Iraq and last year they sent boxes of fully decorated Christmas trees.

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody.

Such accusations will definitely not affect the expansion of relations between Iran and Iraq,

Most importantly, it provides an answer to the terrorists’ very effective argument when they say, `Come to Iraq and fight the American occupation’,

It’s hard to describe being an expatriate of sorts to people who’ve never lived overseas, but when you’re an American living in a geographically separated region within a country like Korea, you form bonds with...

We all want to upgrade diplomatic representation in Iraq and there are no political obstacles to sending a Saudi ambassador to Iraq. But the issue is related to security impediments, if these obstacles are removed,...

If terrorism wins in Iraq, the next 9/11 is right around the corner.

George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45...

The report released in New York this morning shows clearly Iraq is not complying.

I missed the war and the freedom that came with it. When you are that close to death, you feel free. Every breath you take could be your last. So you inhale and savor each...

It is evident that the Islamic Republic of Iran is only interested in seeking security and stability in Iraq, and the region.

If Filipinos are choosy, why do they still sneak into Iraq despite the violence there. Also, all the work that foreigners dislike, such as care-giving, are being taken by Filipinos.

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

Tom was a member of the Michigan National Guard who volunteered to deploy to Iraq with our Battalion,

If this hole he’s dug us in Iraq is not filled in by him relatively shortly, we’re going to inherit the whirlwind for a generation. This is going to end up in a civil war...

We are following with great concern the preparations of the crusaders to launch war on the former capital of Muslims…and to install a puppet government…Fight these despots. I remind you that victory comes only from...

The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.

our troops are using right now in Iraq.

Syria, more and more, is being recognized as a destabilizing element in the region, … It’s not just about Iraq; it’s about Iraq, it’s about Lebanon, it’s about the Palestinian Authority. Because there’s a connection...

I do not believe the press is guilty of the charge that it abandoned its healthy skepticism in Iraq , and I would hate to see it draw the inference from New Orleans that ‘in...

It really has to be seen by the people of Iraq that’s who this is for and about that justice is going to take place. If they perceive that this is not going to happen,...

Although Tehran does not trust Washington, it is seriously concerned about the repercussions of wrong U.S. policies in Iraq, which is the main reason it has accepted Iraqi officials’ request that it hold negotiations with...

Of course, it’s imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.

The president has created a much more dangerous situation in Iraq, … The president has created Iraq to be the front line of terrorism.

Everytime I hold you is the last time I hold you, I’ve known that since the very first time.

The key for a long time in Iraq to stabilization . . . has been to pull in significant elements of Sunnis near the insurgency into the political process. Much of the violence after that...

I do not think a civil war will erupt in Iraq. What is important here are the decisions of the Iraqi people.

Right now the policy in Iraq is to stay until and unless the national military is capable of waging war on its own.