#iraq

I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#application #confident #developing #effective #going

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#force #freedom #impose #iraq #security

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#blair #during #face #faced #had

A timeline for bringing U.S. troops home that is negotiated with the Iraqi government would also boost the Iraqi government's legitimacy and claim to self-rule, and force the Iraqi government to take responsibility for itself and its citizens. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#boost #bringing #citizens #claim #force

Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#blatantly #bringing #contains #enemy #face

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#bases #constructing #interest #iraq #military

This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy. ↗

— Marsha Blackburn

#battles #easy #gentleman #georgia #global

1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#american #american people #anniversary #beginning #first

AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#aids #billion #cost #dealing #few

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. ↗

— Tony Blair

#april #days #declaration #final #full