I needed to talk to my dad. My dad who had been to war, who had seen its horrors, who suffered from its nightmares, my dad who was a good man, the best man I’d...

If you think like the enemy, he said: Where is the center of gravity for the people of Iraq? Where do I focus my effort? Where are my attacks going to have the most significant...

We cannot assume that the establishment of democratic institutions in Iraq in the short term will yield a corresponding diminishment of the insurgency,

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living...

The results of the referendum have indicated the degree of political polarization in Iraq,

I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I feel cold contempt for those who jeer at it.

It’s the whole humanitarian community of the U.N. system that sits down and says what would we need as a minimum for the first phase of the fallout from a military action in Iraq,

could lead to the victory of the terrorists in Iraq and create grave threats to the region, the United States and the civilized world.

I voted to support the war in Iraq and want to do nothing that appears to undermine our president, … But I feel that I cannot sit idly by and just watch the United States...

suspicions increase that Iraq was going to try to use it in a nuclear weapons program.

I’m saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

We’ve got major challenges in Iraq. It’s (an issue) that occupied me when I was up there as ambassador, and continues to be one of great concern to me in this new position.

I think the oil concerns have gotten overdone, … but the situation in Iraq is a different story, though, as is a potential attack.

If I can be perfectly blunt, his humanities teacher was an ass.

What is really interesting is the response of the various communities in Iraq. You have seen statements from all of them condemning the violence and indicating their resolve that there needs to be calm, no...

Tommy Franks and the coalition forces have demonstrated the old axiom that boldness on the battlefield produces swift and relatively bloodless victory. The three-week swing through Iraq has utterly shattered skeptics’ complaints.

Iran will steer clear of Iraq and the U.S. adventurism.

Let’s just say as a hypothetical that there is an individual inside Iraq who is in a position to know things, who’s telling us things. Would you expect us to name that individual … [so]...

Everyone acted like they knew so much about the war. But none of them really knew anything besides what they had learned through Internet searches or shady half-truths political pundits spouted from the comfort of...

He is a true casualty of battle. There’s not a physical scar, but look at the man’s heart, and his head, and there are scars galore.

to accept some amendments deemed vital for the Islamic and Arab worlds concerning the Arab League because Iraq is a founding member in the Arab League.

There have been a lot of justifications for attacking Iraq. Most of them have turned out not to be true, … The argument is: Did the capture of Saddam Hussein and the attack on Iraq...

Iraq, North Korea, surging oil prices… [means] global equities will likely remain under pressure until war begins next year.

As a Nobel Peace laureate, I, like most people, agonize over the use of force. But when it comes to rescuing an innocent people from tyranny or genocide, I’ve never questioned the justification for resorting...

Where is he going to find roughly half a trillion dollars over the next several years for Iraq and for Katrina?

In total this journey will take five flights and fifty-five hours, but in reality it began four decades and two generations ago when my uncle died in Vietnam.

For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.

Blair came through the potentially difficult ordeal by confronting the main issues, by acknowledging how the Iraq issue had divided his party,

right for Iraq at the present time.

But given the number of arms and the number of caches and the extent of militarization of Iraq, it was impossible to provide 100 percent security for 100 percent of the sites, quite frankly.

Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means an invisible man. He was ubiquitous and palpable, both in a physical and...

I am running for president of the United States to end the United States occupation of Iraq, and put an end to the lies that brought us into Iraq, … To help make this country...

If they reject our demands, then this will be a great obstacle in the development of relations between Iraq and Syria,

There is still political and diplomatic leeway to resolve the Iraq issue,

It is my first visit to Iraq … (and) I have come to prepare the ground for the inspection of the eight presidential sites.

This trial will give victims a real opportunity to get justice from these criminals. With this trial, we want Iraq to turn a new leaf.

They’re finally going in and trying to pacify these parts of Iraq that were left lawless and left in the hands of the opposition figures for twelve months. This was an enormous mistake.

The subsidies may be big, but the situation in Iraq is such a mess. If there is a price increase, if they remove some of the subsidies, it will cause a lot of hardship.

Military life is hard, even cruel—especially for the kids.

We’re not seeing civil war igniting in Iraq.

Permanent instability or civil war in Iraq could set back American interests in the Middle East for a generation, increasing anti-Americanism, multiplying the threats from tyrants and terrorists and reducing our credibility.

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.

Neighboring countries and the region are responsible for sending a clear message to the Iraqi people that they are supporting the political process in Iraq.

Rolf Ekeus came round to my apartment one day and showed me the name of the Iraqi diplomat who had visited the little West African country of Niger: a statelet famous only for its production...

Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq’s people and neighbors.

Now, the time has come for the rest of the world to recognize that a federal, democratic Iraq that can defend itself against terrorism is a goal worthy of broad international support.

It’s offensive. This is 2006. Wake up. Women are fighting on the front lines in Iraq. My wife is studying to be a lawyer. Does this mean women can’t be lawyers, too?

It’s a very dangerous game that Iraq plays if it chooses not to comply. The methods are very powerful that can be deployed by inspectors, particularly if they’re backed up by information from intelligence agencies.

Whenever the Iranians come under pressure on the nuclear issue, like sanctions or military action, their answer will be in Iraq. This is a major card for them.

Life is a mess in Iraq now. It will be worse than before when they lift the curfew.