“The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.” StillsFacesNextProcessDifficultPresidentChallengesProgressIraqMinistersPrimeFragileSpeakersRepresentativesEvidentPrime MinisterCouncil Author:David Petraeus
“The end of foreign occupation is one of the pre-requisites if we are to witness any progress in our efforts to help Iraq go forward.” IfsEndsHelpingEffortProgressIraqWitnessOccupation Author:Amr Moussa
“I must tell you that I am committed, as the president of Iraq, to benchmarks and to do our best to achieve some progress forward for national reconciliation.” PresidentProgressAchieveIraqCommittedReconciliation Author:Jalal Talabani
“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
“Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.” PoliticalProcessEffortProgressInfluenceIraqIranMassiveSouthernUndertakingsDecrease Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“The US is often the first to call for transparency and integrity in the reporting of other governments. It has never provided transparency or integrity in its reporting on the war in Iraq. It has downplayed the growth of the insurgency and other civil conflicts. It exaggerated progress in the development of Iraqi forces, and has reported meaningless macroecomic figures claiming 'progress' in the face of steadily deteriorating economic conditions for most Iraqis outside the Kurdish security zone, and does so in the face of almost incredible incompetence by USAID and the Corps of Engineers.” FirstsDoeWarGovernmentFacesForceGrowthProgressEconomicConditionsSecurityFiguresDevelopmentIntegrityConflictIncrediblesIraqZoneMeaninglessEngineersTransparencyIncompetenceExaggeratedInsurgencyDeterioratingKurdishUsaid Author:Anthony H. Cordesman
“Wish we could, and allow the Taliban or anybody else to reclaim that country. But what we must do is some progress in Iraq, where finally the Iraqi army, which has not been a particularly effective fighting force, retook Ramadi.” CountryFightingForceWishProgressArmyIraqTaliban Author:Bernie Sanders
“We're making progress. Our military is assisting in Iraq. And we're hoping that within the year we'll be able to push ISIS out of Iraq and then, you know, really squeeze them in Syria.” KnowsYearsAbleProgressMilitaryIraqSyriaIsisAssisting Author:Hillary Clinton
“There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths by about the same, and so on.” YearsPastProgressViolencePercentIraqCiviliansOver The PastCivilian Deaths Author:David Petraeus
“US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and I have repeatedly sought to emphasize that the progress in Iraq is fragile and also, possibly, reversible.” ProgressIraqFragileAmbassadors Author:David Petraeus
“Progress in Iraq has always been about teams of people and teams of teams - and ultimately about young men and women, Iraqi as well as people from the coalition.” PeopleMenWellsYoungProgressTeamMen And WomenIraqYoung ManCoalitions Author:David Petraeus
“I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.” BelieveI BelieveProgressIraq Author:George W. Bush