“My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.” ProblemSeemsAmericaResultsMy FamilyDiedResponsibleVictimIraqDebateNo Problem Author:Scott Ritter
“Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.” ResultsDemocracyTraditionElectionDemocraticIraqSaddam Author:Brent Scowcroft
“Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.” WarWould BePoliticalThreeResultsBreakPlansMiddleSouthCriticsWesternIncludingIraqIsraelEastExpectedKingdomsIslamicAggressiveExposedRegimesMiddle EastCollapseFundamentalismFanaticismIranianAdventKurdsIslamic FundamentalismWar PlansSaladin Author:Uri Avnery
“There is a proliferation of terrorism as a result of the war in Iraq. What America has created is a den for terrorists to breed in Iraq as a result of the war and to ship their ideologies and their fears and their capabilities around the world, not just in the Middle East, but in other continents.” WorldWarAmericaResultsMiddleIraqTerrorismEastTerroristShipsIdeologyAround The WorldCapabilityMiddle EastContinentsProliferationDens Author:David E. Bonior
“ISIS is a monstrosity. It didn't come from nowhere. It's one of the results of the U.S. hitting a very vulnerable society - Iraq - with a sledgehammer.” ResultsIraqVulnerableHittingIsisMonstrosity Author:Noam Chomsky
“This democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.” PeopleAmericaChoicesFightingLeftForceReligiousResultsDemocracyAuthorityPressureElectionIraqDespiteOpposition Author:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
“Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition. We would be humiliated in that defeat.” StatesWould BeUnitedResultsUnited StatesDefeatIraqDefinitionsDefeatedHumiliationHumiliatedWithdrawal Author:Howard Dean
“Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated by definition. We would be humiliated in that defeat. I don't think there's any other way to argue it. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is a separate question.” ThinkingWayStatesWould BeUnitedResultsUnited StatesGood ThingsDefeatIraqDefinitionsArguingBad ThingsDefeatedHumiliationHumiliatedWithdrawal Author:Tucker Carlson
“More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.” WarTodayLostNationsWaterResultsHalfCuttingProductsWallIraqShipsThanksOperationsTouchedShoreSteelSaddamGrossHusseinImportsSuperbFlawlessGulf WarCargoPallets Author:Norman Schwarzkopf
“So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades.” Has BeensWarAmericaPresidentResultsIraqTerrorDecadesTruthfulPresident BushAssessmentWar On Terror Author:John Olver