“Howard Dean is not the first politician to distort facts in his own interests. But many activists in the party he now leads are puzzled over what he thinks he is accomplishing politically. Is it good politics to contend that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein than even a flawed Islamic republic.” ThinkingFirstsFactsInterestPartyPoliticianIraqIslamicActivistRepublicSaddamBetter OffHusseinFlawedDeanPuzzled Author:Robert Novak
“Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.” PoliticianIraqBrilliantLegacyBlairEntwined Author:Noel Gallagher
“As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.” AblePoliticalForceProcessDecisionLevelsConditionsPoliticianJudgmentLosingGainsDefeatIraqDrivenTerroristCapabilityArtificialCommandersDecreaseGood JudgmentTimetables Author:George W. Bush
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“The din of politicians speechifying about the war, the faux moral posturing of opinion-makers who claim to speak in the name of 'the troops,' everything that Iraq has come to represent in the American imagination - it all melts away in the 115-degree heat. What's left is the machinery of a war that, having been called into being by civilians, no longer bears a relation to anything they say.” WarNamesLeftSpeakImaginationMoralOpinionBearsPoliticianDegreesClaimsRelationIraqHeatMakersTroopsMachineryCiviliansFaux Author:Lawrence Kaplan
“No political politicians on the board and stop sub-contracting anyway, which means getting out of Iraq. If anything needs to be policed, it needs to be done through a proper international body... not through us sub-contracting teams of mercenaries.” IfsNeedsMeanDoneBodyPoliticalTeamPoliticianInternationalIraqBoardsContracting Author:Ken Loach
“Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.” BelieveMadeAbleI BelieveGenerationsPoliticianMajorsAreasIraqContributionBlair Author:Kofi Annan