“War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?” LongWarEndsCountryStatesHouseUnitedWonderUnited StatesCitizensIraqDead Ends Book:The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way Source: The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
“Since there is no system of public education, the great majority of my fellow citizens is frighteningly ignorant. They have no idea where Iraq is. They accept as the gospel whatever the government tells them. Good grief, any other normal country would have been against the Iraq war! But we live in an abnormal country, governed by experts in deceptive advertising.” Has BeensIdeasWarCountryGovernmentGriefAcceptingCitizensNormalFellowsMajorityIraqIgnorantAdvertisingNo IdeaExpertsIraq WarAbnormalDeceptivePublic Education Author:Gore Vidal
“I don't think we should be engaged in nation-building. It's not our job to turn foreign nations into democratic utopias, to try to turn Iraq into Switzerland. It is the military's job to hunt down and kill our enemies, to kill ISIS before they murder American citizens and they wage jihad.” ThinkingShouldTryingJobsTurnsNationsEnemyMilitaryBuildingCitizensMurderDown AndDemocraticIraqEngagedHuntsIsisUtopiaAmerican CitizensJihadSwitzerlandNation Building Author:Ted Cruz
“In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death.” YearsThreeSuccessfulProgressCitizensElectionIraqThree YearsImmenseThreatened Author:John Linder
“The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.” WayMayWarJobsDiesAsksWinningResponsibilityLeaderDemocracySonCitizensRepublicanDaughterDemocraticIraqConservativeAccountabilityMisledSon And Daughter Author:Bruce Springsteen
“As a citizen I felt appalled that we WENT TO WAR over faulty information - that felt false or at least "stretched" from the first time they started to push the idea that Iraq and 9/11 were connected, though they didn't seem to be and there was no logical reason for thinking they were. It's like your neighbors the Smiths burned your house down, and then the next day you retaliated by burning down the Jones' house.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasWarReasonSeemsNextHouseFeltInformationLike YouCitizensFirst TimeDown AndIraqConnectedNeighborBurningLogicalBurnedNext DayBurning Down Author:Christopher Durang
“I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.” WarCountryBeliefPresidentDecisionBehindsSupportCitizensIraqChiefsSwingsPresident BushCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Dan Rather
“One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president - governor - president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him-get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq - and at that same - right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States - a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen.” GivingHeartStatesMomentsActionPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHappenedCitizensFellowsIraqMeaningfulHospitalsGovernorsExesPurpleMexicanNavalMost MeaningfulMeaningful ThingsPurple Heart Author:George W. Bush
“It was not the United States who invaded Kuwait; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that went to war with Iran; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that fired chemical weapons at Iran; it was Iraq. And it was not the United States that murdered innocent Iraqi citizens with chemical weapons; it was Iraq.” WarStatesUnitedUnited StatesCitizensWeaponsIraqInnocentIranChemicalsChemical WeaponsKuwait Author:Colin Powell
“In the West or anywhere else, the treatment of people in an undignified way (structural and institutionalized racism against Latinos or African American citizens) as well as a dangerous dehumanization of some people (in Palestine, Iraq, Africa or Asia) are simply unacceptable.” PeopleWayWellsDangerousCitizensRacismWestIraqAfrican AmericanTreatmentAsiaPalestineLatinoAmerican CitizensDehumanization Author:Tariq Ramadan