But the U.S. has to be careful. If our strategy depends on Sunnis doing the fighting to clear Mosul and Ramadi - and, as near as I can tell, that is ….
I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier..
But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music..
Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political proc….
U.S. has been trying to encourage Iraq to pass a law that would provide money and training and weapons for a Sunni national guard that could be effec….
There's a lot of things we could do better..
One place comprehended can make us understand other places better..
A change of strategy suggests there is a strategy. I don't see a strategy that deals with - that concerns with dealing wit with ISIL overall. There i….
If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen ….
I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything..
I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq..
I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist..
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously..
I'm old enough to remember John Kennedy sending a few advisers into Vietnam. I'm very worried we'll get in and we'll get mired down in something we d….
Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year..
I would like to see a law legalising women's shelters in Iraq. I would like to see our radio being opened again as a result of the pressure that we'r….
It is not just the vulgar, premature bawdiness of pro-war triumphalists which I find revolting. It is that they accuse anti-war people of being uncar….
Because no matter how much money we spend there [in Iraq], as long as the people there see this money as... as assistance that is unwelcome, as long ….
I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq]..
Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the Un….
I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding..