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It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.
William Odom
First
Our
Enter
First Place
Iraq
Place
Interest
In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange.
William Odom
Me
Losing
Year
Our
East
East Asian
Invaded
Struck
Risking
Alliance
Fact
Exchange
Support
Without
Were
Undesirable
Iraq
Very
Did
In Fact
Asian
Europe
European
Last
Last Year
I hate to make this point too often, but imagine for a moment George W. Bush were on his sixth vacation, and he was asked about Iraq, and he said 'I'm buying shrimp.' You think that wouldn't be a headline everywhere?
Willie Geist
You
Hate
Think
Too
Everywhere
About
Point
He
Headline
Make
Said
George
Were
His
George W
Iraq
George W. Bush
Often
Sixth
Bush
Asked
Moment
Shrimp
Vacation
Buying
Imagine
I think President Obama has always been a little bit underestimated. Some of the things he's done with foreign policy have been unassailable. Getting us out of Iraq, killing Osama Bin Laden.
Willie Geist
Think
President
President Obama
Bit
Out
Obama
Some
He
Underestimated
Policy
Always
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Been
Iraq
Done
Getting
Little
Little Bit
Us
Bin
Things
That was one of the great successes of removing Saddam Hussein, as we took Iraq out of the picture of having a sovereign nation from which the terrorists could operate. But this war has not gone perfectly.
Zach Wamp
War
Great
Picture
Nation
Gone
Took
Out
Hussein
Having
Could
Perfectly
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Removing
Operate
Terrorists
Iraq
Sovereign
Sovereign Nation
Which
Successes
In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
Zaha Hadid
War
Men
Power
Architects
Female
Were
Iran
Iraq
Lot
Friends
While
Many
Professionals
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
Zaha Hadid
Great
Progress
Building
Nation
Sense
Unbroken
Great Sense
Nation-Building
Iraq
Up
Optimism
Moment
Belief
Growing
Growing Up
The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and gets Iraq to stand on its own feet.
Zalmay Khalilzad
Future
Government
Together
Happy
People
Will
National
Own
Unity
Implement
Feet
For The People
Builds
Iraq
Iraqis
Gets
National Unity
Stand
Brings
Need
Program
We are not going to abandon Iraq.
Zalmay Khalilzad
Abandon
Iraq
Going
The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods.
Zalmay Khalilzad
Work
Together
Will
Year
Earn
Resources
Unproductive
Enable
Shift
Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqis
Subsidies
Work Together
Next
Productive
Next Year
Uses
Livelihood
The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock of 9/11 and the postulated existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
War
Destruction
Weapons
Could
Never
Support
Between
Mass
Mass Destruction
Without
Got
Existence
Iraq
Iraqi
Shock
Psychological
Gained
Choice
Congressional
With respect to Iraq, I did favour the continuity of American forces to work with the new Maliki government. They had enormous needs for intelligence, for training on everything from airplanes to more sophisticated ground equipment and the like.
Hillary Clinton
Work
Government
Needs
Respect
Intelligence
Training
Enormous
Everything
Airplane
Favour
More
Had
New
Like
Sophisticated
Forces
Equipment
Continuity
Iraq
American
Did
Ground
In Iraq, State Department civilians and U.S. soldiers have been operating in the same location in an active war zone. While the troops have been facing insurgents, the State Department civilians have been working to rebuild institutions and infrastructure. Blackwater's role in this war evolved from this unprecedented dynamic.
Erik Prince
War
Active
Rebuild
State
State Department
Soldiers
Location
Evolved
Unprecedented
Civilians
Facing
Troops
Institutions
Operating
Been
Iraq
Role
Department
Same
Dynamic
While
War Zone
Infrastructure
Working
Zone
After the invasion of Afghanistan, when the focus suddenly turned toward Iraq, I suddenly thought, ‘What on earth had Iraq got to do with the war on terror?'
Katharine Gun
War
Focus
Thought
Earth
Invasion
Had
Toward
Terror
Got
Iraq
Afghanistan
After
Turned
Suddenly
I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.
Noam Chomsky
Independent
Possibility
See
Allowing
Almost
Iraq
Sovereign
Any
Inconceivable
Britain
In 2004, Kucinich was the only presidential candidate who warned that a war in Iraq would be completely disastrous. I remember how mocked he was when he predicted hand-to-hand combat in Baghdad. I remember Candy Crowley, and other reporters as well, treating his views on the impending war as ridiculous, out there, almost insane.
Marianne Williamson
War
Remember
Other
Presidential
Insane
Out
I Remember
Would
Would-Be
Only
Impending
He
Almost
Combat
Baghdad
Disastrous
Well
How
His
Iraq
Mocked
Reporters
Candidate
Candy
Predicted
Warned
Views
Who
Ridiculous
Treating
I come from a service family - I met my husband Dave during my third tour in Iraq serving as a CIA analyst alongside the military.
Elissa Slotkin
Service
Family
CIA
Husband
Met
Military
Analyst
Dave
Tour
Alongside
Come
Iraq
Serving
Third
The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy.
Hillary Clinton
Taxpayer
Rebuild
Other
More
Economy
Iraq
Encouraging
Debtors
Than
American
Nations
Should
American Taxpayer
Help
Treated
If there is a thread that unites all of our work, whether it's in Iowa or whether it's in Maryland or whether it's among our young men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe that it's the thread of human dignity.
Martin O'Malley
Work
Dignity
Women
Men
Men And Women
Young
Believe
Our
I Believe
I Believe That
Thread
Maryland
Iowa
Iraq
Afghanistan
Human
Whether
Human Dignity
Young Men
Among
Unites
Qatar-based 'Al-Jazeera,' the most important news channel in the Arab world, was harshly criticized by high U.S. officials for having 'emphasized civilian casualties' during the destruction of Falluja. The problem of independent media was later resolved when the channel was kicked out of Iraq in preparation for free elections.
Noam Chomsky
News
Problem
World
Destruction
Free
Important
Preparation
Resolved
Channel
Later
Kicked
Harshly
Arab
Independent
Out
Arab World
High
Criticized
Civilian
Civilian Casualties
Having
Casualties
Emphasized
Most
Iraq
Officials
The Most Important
News Channel
Elections
Media
The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.
Conan O'Brien
War
Government
Time
Army
Will
Say
Minister
Pretty
Had
He
Prime
Checked
Prime Minister
Like
Sure
Said
Go
However
Iraq
Canada
Canadian
Us
Help
Last
Last Time
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
Barack Obama
War
Time
History
New Beginning
Chapter
People
Responsibility
Met
Beginning
Our
States
Out
Born
Civilization
Could
Through
Remarkable
Share
New
Because
Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqi People
Persevered
Cradle
The History Of
Ashes
Turn
Page
Belief
Now
United
United States
The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then trying to manage the catastrophe it created in Iraq.
Noam Chomsky
War
Leadership
Country
Programmes
Extraordinary
Resources
Driving
Put
Catastrophe
Devoted
Non-Proliferation
Iraq
Trying
Manage
Deceit
Energies
Aside
Then
Created
Washington
The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'
Conan O'Brien
War
Army
Fire
Fighting
President
Gave
Once
Run
Could
Firm
Spokesman
Conceived
Bidding
Without
Said
Cheney
Iraq
Contract
Dick Cheney
Yes
Friends
Any
Vice
Vice President
Confirmed
Asked
Lucrative
Competitive
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.
Noam Chomsky
Terrorism
Voting
Percent
Rather
Absence
Troops
Take
Taking
Leading
Leading Role
Like
Withdrawing
Condemned
Were
Iraq
Role
American
Authorization
Stand
Who
In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kevin O'Leary
Depression
Great
Cleaning
First
President
President Barack Obama
President George W. Bush
Great Depression
Worst
Obama
Economic
Since
Term
Disaster
Messes
First Term
George
His
Cautious
George W
Iraq
George W. Bush
Left
Up
Manager
Afghanistan
Barack
Barack Obama
Bush
Played
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