Iraq Quotes - Page 22

While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

I was against the war with Iraq. First of all, they didn't knock down the World Trade Centre. It wasn't Iraq that knocked down the World Trade Centre.

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

What is the value of having millions of people in Iraq not having a repressive regime? What is the value of having the Iraqi regime not shooting at UK and US aircraft almost every day? What is the value of the Iraqis having a free press? What is the value of the foreign minister of Iraq going to Paris, calling for an end of the Gadhafi regime and citing Iraq as a model, as an example, that in fact a freer political system can exist in that part of the world?

We are in the process of trying to liberate that country. And at the moment where the war ends and the coalition forces occupy the areas where those capabilities - chemical and biological weapons - are likely to be, to the extent they haven't been moved out of the country, it obviously is important to find them.

Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.

Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.

We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.

The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.

I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq.

We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.