“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“I should have voted for the first Iraq war. George Bush did that one very well. I had been skeptical. I was afraid that George Bush was going to treat the first Iraq war the way his son treated the second.” WayShouldFirstsWellsWarSonShould HaveTreatsIraqTreatedSkepticalIraq War Author:Barney Frank
“House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where you don't have to do that.” ShouldHousePresidentPlansShould HaveIraqPresident ObamaSpeakersBombingLibya Author:Jay Leno
“Faith in public life does not mean that God tells you to bomb another country or to go get Saddam Hussein. Faith in public life means that every child, regardless of their religious belief, should have health care and be able to go to school. Because my faith saying I can bomb Iraq is the same as your faith saying you can take over a passenger plane and fly it into the World Trade Center.” WorldShouldMeanChildrenDoeI CanCountryCareAbleSchoolBeliefReligiousShould HaveTradeIraqHealth CarePlanesBombsSaddamHusseinPublic LifePassengersReligious BeliefLife MeansWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Jeremiah Wright
“Jeb Bush has being slammed by his own party for a very messy response to questions about his brother's war in Iraq. He should have been ready for this one.” ShouldHas BeensWarPartyReadyBrotherShould HaveResponseIraqMessyShould Have Been Author:Chris Matthews
“The Western alliance should have supported the Sunni opposition against the Assad regime from the beginning. As far as Iraq is concerned, if it had stayed stable the way it was in 2008, IS would not have been able to expand in Iraq the way they did. The mistake was that Barack Obama withdrew the armed forces from Iraq too fast.” IfsWayShouldHas BeensAbleForceMistakeConcernedShould HaveWesternIraqBarackOppositionRegimesStableAlliancesArmed ForcesAssad Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. She wants $12 an hour. I voted against the War in Iraq. She voted for the War in Iraq. I believe we should ban fracking. She does not. I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not her position.” WantShouldBelieveDoeWarI BelieveHoursDealsBreakStreetsPositionWallTaxesShould HaveRaisesClintonClimateClimate ChangeIraqMinimumCarbonBucksBansMinimum WageFracking Author:Bernie Sanders
“I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan.” ThinkingShouldSaidDecisionAttentionMistakeNeededOfficeShould HaveIraqFocusedPay AttentionAfghanistanMomentumTalibanRight Decision Author:Barack Obama
“Here’s how bizarre the war is that we’re in Iraq, and we should have known this right from the get-go: When we first went into Iraq, Germany didn’t want to go. Germany. The Michael Jordan of war took a pass.” WantShouldFirstsWarFunnyKnownShould HaveIraqGermanyBizarreJordanShould Have Known Author:Jon Stewart
“In 2003, Congress should have resisted the rush to a war of choice with Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent us from repeating the mistakes of my predecessors.” ShouldWarChoicesMistakeMilitaryShould HaveCongressIraqPredecessors Author:John Garamendi