Campaign Statements — Iraq
Tuesday January 10, 2012
Iran poses a significant threat to Israel and continues to develop its nuclear capabilities in defiance of the international community.
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Iraq | Jon Huntsman | Official Statements |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“He has been making mistakes at every turn in Iran, in Egypt, I would argue, Libya, Syria, Israel. All of these places, he has made mistakes on the ground that have shown the people in that region that we are the weak horse…That’s what this administration has done. They did it by withdrawing from Iraq…”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iran | Iraq | Israel/Palestine | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“Well, I think that you have to—I would send troops back into Iraq, because I will tell you… The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasure, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq, because this president wants to kowtow to his liberal, leftist base and move out those men and women. They’re going to move back in, and all of the work that we’ve done, every young man that has lost his life in that country will have been for nothing…”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Iraq | Rick Perry |
Saturday January 07, 2012
“If you’re worried about the Iranians in Iraq, develop a strategy to replace the Iranian dictatorship and Iraq will be fine.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Iraq | Newt Gingrich |
Thursday December 15, 2011
“Well, I think clearly the biggest mistake that President Obama has made—and there are many when it comes to foreign policy—has been the decision that he made regarding Iraq. He was essentially given on a silver platter victory in Iraq, and he’s choosing intentionally to lose the peace. And we all know what’s going to happen. We know that Iran is going to be the hegemon and try to come into Iraq and have the dominant influence. And then Iraq will essentially have dominance from the Persian Gulf all the way to the Mediterranean through its ally, Syria.”
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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Michele Bachmann |
Thursday December 15, 2011
“There’s no U.N. evidence of [Iran being close to having a nuclear bomb]. Clapper at the—in our national security department, he says there is no evidence. It’s no different than it was in 2003. You know what I really fear about what’s happening here? It’s another Iraq coming. There’s war propaganda going on.
And we’re arguing—to me, the greatest danger is that we will have a president that will overreact and we will soon bomb Iran. And the sentiment is very mixed. It’s—it’s very mixed even in Israel. You know, there—the—a head of the security for Israel, who just recently retired, said that it wouldn’t make sense to do this, to take—to take them out, because they might be having a weapon. So I would say that the greatest danger is overreacting. There is no evidence that they have it. And it would make more sense—if we lived through the Cold War, which we did, with 30,000 missiles pointed at us, we ought to really sit back and think and not jump the gun and believe that we are going to be attacked. That’s how we got into that useless war in Iraq and lost so much in Iraq.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Iraq | Ron Paul | War on Terror |
Tuesday November 22, 2011
“I agree with Ron Paul. We are not fighting a war on terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic. We’re fighting a war against radical Islam. And what radical Islam is telling—all of the radical Islamist leaders are saying is that just wait America out, America is weak, they will not stand for the fight, they cannot maintain this, they’ll set time limits, politics will interfere, and we will tell the people in Afghanistan, we will tell the people in Iraq and other places that we will be the strong horse in the region.”
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CATEGORIES: Afghanistan | Iraq | Islamophobia | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |
Monday September 12, 2011
“Many Bush-era Republicans still seem to have learned nothing in the last decade. Ignoring that 9/11 was caused primarily by Islamists seeking retribution for constant U.S. intervention in their “holy land”—something Osama Bin Laden made perfectly clear—Bush launched a war in Iraq, giving al-Qaeda its best recruiting tool in its history. Obama’s wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, and whichever country next strikes his fancy, was a jihadist’s dream—a new American president, who despite promising “change” seemed hell-bent on continuing with the same foreign policy as the last president.”
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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Ron Paul | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“I think it’s useful to use covert operations to get rid of Muammar Gadhafi, but I don’t think the U.S. should have troops there. I think this whole effort to have forces on the ground has turned out to be a swamp, whether it’s Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya. Because we are not prepared to be engaged deeply enough to change the culture, and we are [only] prepared to engage deep enough to get in and out. And that leaves you with the worst of all worlds. Because over time your enemies hate you, your very presence leads to more people deciding you are their enemy. You become a symbol around which to organize anti-Western radicalism.”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iraq | Newt Gingrich | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“We must never forget that the plot to kill Americans on 9/11 was hatched in the mountains of Afghanistan. As President, my decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan or Iraq would be based on military considerations and not on turns helping my personal political fortunes. We must and we can win in Afghanistan and we must provide General Allen the resources he needs to win. And we must return to the negotiation table with Iraq so that the peace is preserved there and to seek repayment for the heavy price we paid in liberating the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator.”
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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Michele Bachmann | Official Statements | War on Terror |
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