#iraq

I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done. ↗

— John Conyers

#am #anyone #body #done #i

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place. ↗

— Larry Craig

#iraq #liberate #make #our #our world

Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#foreign #grown #iraq #majority #operating

In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#addition #any #cities #citizens #combat

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#attacked #bin #hussein #iraq #laden

Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#civil #civil war #essentially #forced #iraq

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#iraqi #iraqi security #iraqi security forces #security #security forces

To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on trial. The threat from alleged weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq has been neutralized. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#already #asked #been #believe #contrary

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#extremism #free #iraq #islamic #light

Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter. ↗

— Howard Dean

#earlier #edwards #i #i think #iraq