“Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.” ImportantStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesSupportDemocracyBattleIdealsTestsBraveSoldierIraqEngagedCrucialPersonnelBrave Soldiers Author:Virginia Foxx
“It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.” IfsShouldTryingTwoImportantHelpingMovingPoliticalDifficultDifferencesStepsEnvironmentViolenceGroupsMilitaryWillingBattleAdvantageIraqMissionsMoving ForwardThriveResolveCombatIsisCreepsEvaluateExtremistKurdsShiaRiftPolitical EnvironmentPolitical DifferencesExtremist Groups Author:David Adam Smith
“Australia is this former British colony at the foot of Asia. We've been involved - we've been in lockstep with America in every battle you have fought for a century. We were there in Vietnam. We were there in Korea. We were there in Iraq. We were there in Afghanistan. We are slightly apprehensive about the rise of China.” AmericaFeetCenturyInvolvedBattleIraqChinaBritishFormerAustraliaAfghanistanVietnamAsiaKoreaColonyRise Of China Author:Richard Glover
“After Iraq, there's been Libya, there's Syria, and the rhetoric of, you know, democracy versus radical Islam. When you look at the countries that were attacked, none of them were Wahhabi Islamic fundamentalist countries. Those ones are supported, financed by the U.S., so there is a real collusion between radical Islam and capitalism. What is going on is really a different kind of battle.” KnowsLooksKindDifferentRealCountryDemocracyBattleCapitalismIslamIraqRadicalIslamicDifferent KindsRhetoricSyriaVersusFundamentalistLibyaRadical IslamCollusion Author:Arundhati Roy
“In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesBattleIraqAllies Author:George W. Bush
“I think that's why they're so really - here's the disconnect. It's sort of this odd and I've always had this problem with the rationality of it. That the President [George W.Bush] says, "We are in the fight for a way of life. This is the greatest battle of our generation, and of the generations to come. "And, so what I'm going to do is you know, Iraq has to be won, or our way of life ends, and our children and our children's children all suffer. So, what I'm gonna do is send 10,000 more troops to Baghdad."” ThinkingKnowsWayChildrenEndsProblemSufferingFightingPresidentGenerationsBattleOur ChildrenIraqOddTroopsRationalityOur GenerationBaghdadPresident George W Bush Author:Jon Stewart
“America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life.” NeedsAmericaLostResultsForeverEmotionalReturnBattleNormalSoldierIraqWoundsDisabledNormal LifeRehabilitationGood SoldiersBattle Wounds Author:John Olver