“Twenty-one years ago today Saddam Hussein was first elected president of Iraq and he has been re-elected ever since. Apparently they have the same electoral process we do, you don't need the popular vote to win.” NeedsYearsFirstsHas BeensTodayWinningProcessPresidentYears AgoVoteTwentiesIraqSaddamHusseinTwenty OnePopular VoteElectoral Process Author:Jay Leno
“Why are we working so hard to preserve Iraq, a fake country to begin with? Why do we care whether this fake country that was drawn on the map 100 years ago remains?” YearsCountryHardCareYears AgoRemainsIraqPreservesFakeMapsWorking So Hard Author:Bill Maher
“With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, "What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see."” FeelsYearsMayWarLyingCausesConsequenceYears AgoIraqLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“Iran should write us yet another letter saying thank you very much, because Iran, as I said many years ago, Iran is taking over Iraq, something they've wanted to do forever, but we Americans have made it so easy for them.” ShouldWritingYearsMadeSaidWantedEasyForeverYears AgoLettersIraqMade ItIranSaying Thank You Author:Donald Trump
“To have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to depend on some of the reports of the intelligence is nonsense and that was proven when they invaded Iraq ten years ago and they said "Iraq has stockpiles of WMD" and it was proven after the invasion that this was false ; it was fraud. So, we can't depend on what one magazine wrote.” YearsSaidMediaPossibilityDependsTenWeaponsYears AgoIraqMagazinesReportsNonsenseChemicalsFraudProvenThey SaidInvasionWmdChemical Weapons Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Some dozens of years ago, there was a debate conducted between people insisting that "this loaf of bread must be redistributed," and the others who said "instead of worrying about redistributing it, cutting differently, let's make it bigger." A third possibility was not imagined: that the loaf may be shrinking. But it is now a genuine possibility. It is even acting upon already, like in the case of the American invasion of Afghanistan and of Iraq in order to secure the supply of petrol for the Americans addicted to gas-guzzling cars.” PeopleYearsMaySaidOrderActingCasesWorryCuttingCarPossibilityYears AgoThirdsBiggerIraqDebateGenuineBreadSecureGasAfghanistanDozenInvasionShrinkingInsistingPetrol Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.” InspirationalYearsWarEndsPathFourNew YorkYears AgoDefeatIraqTerroristAlsAfghanistanFour YearsTowersRise AboveMomentumBin LadenAl QaedaTalibanOsama Bin LadenSkylinesPersonal LeadershipRefocus Author:Barack Obama
“Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have been through all this before. The "surge" of several years ago was supposed to provide space and time for Iraqi political interests to work out their differences. 30,000 additional U.S. troops failed to lead to any working out of those differences, and the outcome is the mess we see today.” KnowsYearsHas BeensUseTodayPoliticalProcessInterestDifferencesSpaceMilitaryYears AgoIraqWork OutMessOutcomesTemporaryTroopsTime And SpaceMilitary PowerRespite Author:Paul R. Pillar