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Iraq lacks leaders capable of soothing sectarian wounds, and Western attempts to pick them or force their hand invite anti-imperialist backlash.
Dominic Raab
Backlash
Sectarian
Wounds
Pick
Attempts
Leaders
Invite
Soothing
Force
Hand
Iraq
Western
Lacks
Them
Capable
Shrouded by the 'dodgy dossier,' which warped opaque intelligence, none of the stated war aims in Iraq spoke to the British national interest. Illusory dreams of bringing Western-style democracy to the Middle East were punctured by failures of planning and strategy, as catalogued before the Chilcot Inquiry.
Dominic Raab
War
Dreams
Democracy
Intelligence
National
Before
Strategy
Aims
Stated
Inquiry
East
Opaque
Spoke
Failures
None
Were
Iraq
National Interest
Middle
Middle East
Which
Interest
Warped
Planning
Illusory
Bringing
British
And so there are so many good things going on all across Iraq and unfortunately that's not what the American people see on TV or they don't read a lot about it in the newspapers.
Donald Evans
Good
People
Good Things
TV
See
About
Read
Iraq
Lot
American
Going
Unfortunately
Newspapers
American People
Across
Many
Things
I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.
Donald Rumsfeld
Today
You
Will
Months
Tell
Weeks
Longer
Days
Force
Iraq
Five
Than
Any
Use
Last
We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.
Douglas Feith
War
States
Pledged
Kinds
Support
Countries
Becomes
Provided
Iraq
Substantial
Event
United
United States
Necessary
Number
We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.
Douglas Feith
Important
Syria
Various
Know
Iraq
Activities
A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
Douglas Hurd
Democratic
Democratic Iraq
Well
Fresh
Genuinely
Iraq
Spur
Might
Act
We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
Douglas Hurd
War
Be Happy
Happy
Our
Neither
About
Iraq
Iraq War
Germany
Handling
Us
Britain
Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq.
Earl Blumenauer
Action
Difficult
Meet
Our
Diminished
Threat
More
Only
Attack
Since
Opposed
Years
Iran
Iraq
Against
Capacity
Us
Speaker
Reasons
Many
Grown
Actually
We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.
Earl Blumenauer
War
Time
Commitment
Losing
Responsibility
Past
Accountability
Down
Military
Approach
Our
Reconstruction
New
New Approach
Occupation
Scope
Iraq
Past Time
Won
I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.
Ed Asner
Democracy
Too Late
Strong
Will
Too
Late
Our
Council
Does
Pray
Iraq
Trying
Which
Save
Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.
Ed Balls
War
Man
Pleased
Running
Horrible
Hussein
He
Wrong
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Longer
Am
Iraq
When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now.
Ed Harris
War
Time
First
Gave
Total
Mainstream
Mainstream Media
Talk
First Time
Got
His
Iraq
Very
Get
Going
Bush
Elected
Then
Media
Now
Credibility
Position
The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.
Ed Royce
Reality
Long
Before
States
Has-Been
Attack
Since
Been
Iraq
Trying
Al
United
United States
Al-Qaeda
I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.
Edward Snowden
War
Fight
People
Obligation
Oppression
Human Being
Free
Free People
Had
Like
Because
Felt
Iraq
Iraq War
Human
Being
Wanted
Help
Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.
Ehud Barak
War
Game
Decision
Power
Become
Once
Would
Totally
Ball
Ball Game
Becomes
Go
Iraq
Very
Different
Against
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
Ehud Olmert
War
Great
Made
States
East
Significant
Impact
Know
Iraq
Controversial
Middle
Middle East
Us
I don't think Iraq could be transformed overnight into a democracy. How can you take a country that doesn't have any kind of tradition of democracy, where its people have been brutalized and repressed for decades, and suddenly impose Jeffersonian ideals?
Elaine Sciolino
Democracy
You
People
Country
Think
Kind
Could
Take
Ideals
How
Overnight
Tradition
Impose
Been
Iraq
Decades
Any
Repressed
Where
Transformed
Suddenly
Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade.
Elizabeth Dole
Despite
Evidence
More
Facts
Misrepresented
Been
Iraq
Linked
Than
Decade
Reports
Clouded
Even
Media
Compelling
Recent
Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.
Elizabeth Dole
War
Free
Our
Battleground
Out
Know
Democratic
Democratic Iraq
Terror
Terrorists
Iraq
Efforts
Blow
Stops
Which
Central
Stake
Derail
Interests
Certainly
Serious
Why
Pulling
The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.
Elizabeth Dole
Free
Our
Out
Know
Democratic
Democratic Iraq
Understand
Terrorists
Iraq
Efforts
Blow
Stops
Which
Stake
Derail
Interests
Serious
Why
Pulling
In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.
Elizabeth Dole
World
Rest
Nation
Danger
Liberating
Hussein
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Rid
The devastation of the ancient Christian community in Iraq is well known.
Elliott Abrams
Community
Christian
Ancient
Devastation
Well
Well Known
Known
Iraq
Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.
Elliott Abrams
Fear
Every
Syria
Arab
Has-Been
Hussein
Only
Saddam
Been
Iraq
Republic
Victims
Number
I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.
Enrique Iglesias
Politics
War
Care
Citizen
Other
Type
About
Like
Iraq
Any
Just
Against
This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy.
Eric Alterman
Angry
Vote
Debate
Trend
Omnipresent
Worse
About
Over
Policy
Democrats
Iraq
Trying
Reporting
Substance
Unfortunate
Process
Inability
Republicans
Who
Even
Even Worse
Media
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