#iraq

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#government #iraq #puppet #setting #states

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. ↗

— Ed Markey

#acts #being #captors #conscience #degrading

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible. ↗

— Paul Martin

#get #i #iraq #over #possible

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#brave #brave men #bring #bush #country

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#american troops #attack #citizens #forty-five #iraqi

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#burden #coast #devastating #disproportionate #gulf

Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#iraqis #occupier #our #own #percent

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#become #been #clear #custody #detainees

Americans simply ask for, not just Democrats in the House but also the Senate has asked the President for a clear plan as it relates to dealing with the issue of Iraq and our troops and making sure that we can bring families together in the very near future. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#ask #asked #bring #clear #dealing

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#burden #coalition #continue #cost #diplomacy