If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.
The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.
We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.
The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.
In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.
Well, that our main concern is that Iraq should not become a divided country.
If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.
One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security.
In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq.
A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi.
The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack Iraq. Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, they're all lining up.
We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.
The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.
I'm outraged that we're building roads, schools, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that we're doing it with borrowed money from China that we're paying interest on. I'm outraged.
The completion of the Iraqi cabinet with the appointment of three critical ministers is also confirmation of continued movement toward a just and democratic society in Iraq.
General Garrison: This isn't Iraq, you know. Much more complicated than that.
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.
