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With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure.
Iyad Allawi
Time
Free
Three
First
Country
Increasingly
State
Our
Emerges
More
Days
Until
First Time
Terrorists
Iraq
Targeted
Than
Decades
Sovereign
Sovereign State
Infrastructure
Nearly
I have my cousin's jacket from when he was at war in Iraq. He never came home. It's incredible to have something that is so personal but that I also feel relatively comfortable wearing.
Jack Antonoff
War
Home
Incredible
Relatively
Wearing
Something
Never
He
Feel
Also
Comfortable
Cousin
Came
Iraq
Jacket
Personal
Afghanistan remains an opportunity to deal al Qaeda a vital strategic blow, especially since we have abandoned all operations - including counterterrorism operations - in Iraq.
Jack Keane
Opportunity
Abandoned
Vital
Remains
Counterterrorism
Since
Operations
Deal
Iraq
Blow
Afghanistan
Strategic
Including
Al
Al-Qaeda
Everybody wants to talk about sectarian conflicts of the war in Iraq, but the fact of the matter is, Sunnis have lived with Shias in harmony more in the confines of Iraq, in that land, than they have been in conflict. That's an historical fact.
Jack Keane
War
Conflict
Matter
Everybody
Harmony
Sectarian
About
More
Fact
Talk
Been
Iraq
Historical
Historical Fact
Than
Confines
Wants
Conflicts
Land
Lived
In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
Jack Keane
Government
Constitution
Take
Written
New
New Government
Iraq
Office
Trying
Elected
I remember speaking to a sheik who came back into the political system in late 2008, laid down his arms. His troops became part of the Sons of Iraq, the so-called Sunni Awakening.
Jack Keane
Remember
Political
Down
Late
Back
System
Sunni
Troops
Part
Sons
Arms
Became
Came
His
Iraq
Political System
So-Called
Laid
Speaking
Who
Awakening
In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria.
Jack Keane
President
Syria
Out
Recommended
General
Over
Disastrous
Force
Forces
Known
Commander
Iraq
Now
Level
Rejected
Consequence
Pulled
There are very few fighters in the ISIS organization in Iraq and Syria coming from the United States; most of them have either come from a region of the Middle East or from Europe.
Jack Keane
Organization
Few
States
Syria
East
Come
Most
Coming
Iraq
Very
Middle
Middle East
Either
Region
Them
Fighters
Europe
United
United States
We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.
Jack Reed
Today
Women
Men
Men And Women
Country
Situation
Resolve
Extraordinary
Our
Crisis
Iraq
Uniform
Taxing
Certainly
We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
Jack Reed
Army
National
Our
Danger
Crises
Having
Preventing
Leaders
Globe
Around
Iraq
Afghanistan
Just
Breaking
Confront
Flexibility
The experience in Iraq has taken away the essential trust which political leaders need before embarking on military action. It was meant to be about weapons of mass destruction rather than regime change. Unfortunately, the nation was misled, and secret service information was misused.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Service
Change
Trust
Experience
Destruction
Political
Nation
Before
Action
Military
Secret
Embarking
Weapons
About
Rather
Taken
Misled
Leaders
Mass
Mass Destruction
Misused
Iraq
Political Leaders
Than
Essential
Information
Unfortunately
Which
Regime
Meant
Meant To Be
Military Action
Away
Need
Vietnam was a terrible mistake for the United States. But like Iraq, Vietnam was a badly chosen battlefield in a larger conflict with totalitarianism that America had no choice but to pursue.
Jacob Weisberg
Mistake
Conflict
Totalitarianism
States
Battlefield
No Choice
Pursue
Had
Badly
Like
Terrible
Iraq
America
Choice
Vietnam
Chosen
United
Larger
United States
Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo.
Jacques Verges
Embargo
Know
Well
Because
Iraq
Died
Children
We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.
Jalal Talabani
Future
National
Believe
Must
Freely
Iraq
Iraqi
Decide
Elected
Assembly
Founding
In the event of war, probably Saudi Arabia will facilitate some certain logistics to make the operation easier for the United States, but actually, the United States does not need Saudi territories to launch a war against Iraq.
Jamal Khashoggi
War
Will
States
Easier
Arabia
Launch
Logistics
Some
Facilitate
Make
Operation
Territories
Does
Iraq
Against
Certain
Event
United
United States
Actually
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Need
The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you have the Kurds and then the Sunnis in the north predominantly and Shias in the south.
James Clapper
You
Country
Creation
Back
Colonial
Somewhat
Days
Kurds
South
Iraq
North
Artificial
Going
Then
I worry a bit about the unknowns when it comes to travelers to the war zones in Syria and Iraq. Who don't I see? And I worry about the people who may be in their basements radicalizing that I can't see.
James Comey
War
People
Unknowns
Worry
Bit
Syria
See
About
Iraq
May
Who
Travelers
Zone
Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.
Jan Schakowsky
Will
Congress
Our
Indefinitely
Administration
Both
Troops
Withdrawal
Make
Sure
Because
Iraq
Left
Timetable
Bush
Bush Administration
Acted
Chambers
Set
The Committee's review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how vital a diverse intelligence workforce is to our national security.
Jane Harman
Intelligence
National
Our
Security
Vital
Diverse
Clearly
Reveal
Prior
How
Review
Iraq
National Security
Committee
Shortcomings
Workforce
Include
Series
Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.
Janeane Garofalo
Conflict
Area
Geopolitical
Sake
Iraq
Dominance
It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.
Janez Drnovsek
Atlantic
Partnership
Iraq
Just
Which
Stake
In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
Janine di Giovanni
Government
Me
Everywhere
Followed
Had
Saddam
Days
Iraq
Reported
Who
Activities
The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.
Jared Diamond
Hope
Me
Learning
Books
Possibility
TV
See
Somalia
Magazines
Gives
Main
Main Thing
Like
Remote
Blew
Conditions
Iraq
Up
Afghanistan
Turn
Turn-On
Us
Radio
Media
Thing
Societies
Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.
Jay Inslee
Truth
Government
Difficult
Enough
About
Federal
Federal Government
Suppressing
Without
Iraq
Things
There is no excuse for this administration shielding information about Iraq and the fact that we have great difficulties there from the American people.
Jay Inslee
Great
People
Difficulties
This Administration
Administration
No Excuse
About
Fact
Excuse
Iraq
American
Information
American People
The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack Iraq. Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, they're all lining up.
Jay Leno
Today
Administration
Attack
Support
Said
Iraq
Lot
Lining
Up
Bush
Bush Administration
Us
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