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Iraq Packers

Friday 27th of March 2026

Academic achievement I always say I would have committed genocide, but my grades weren’t good enough. Errol Morris, reflecting on the Ivy League backgrounds of Donald Rumsfeld and many other advocates and implementers of the Iraq War © 2023 Kwiple.com
Beliefs The greatest public calamities do not stem from any one belief system, but from fervent belief itself. The Iraq war remains a haunting case in point but the crash of 2008 also fits the pattern. Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, August 14, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could – with 100 per cent certainty – know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were. Hans Blix, on American and British warhawks who justified invading Iraq by insisting it had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) © 2017 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say The absense of evidence is not evidence of absence, or vice versa. Donald Rumsfeld, on our invasion troops' failure to find Iraq's weapons of mass destruction © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say And a year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. Richard Perle, 2003 © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say But no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say George Bush is not fighting this like Vietnam. … This is going to be a two-month war, not an eight-year war. William (“Bill”) Kristol © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say I appreciate your service, but I'm not going to apologize for our government doing the right thing in removing Saddam Hussein from power. Karl Rove Republican consultant and strategist, to Ryan Henowitz, an Iraq War veteran who had asked Rove for an apology for his role in starting the war © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last more than that. Donald Rumsfeld © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say I'm confident that our troops will be successful, and I think it'll go relatively quickly. Weeks rather than months. Dick Cheney © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil. Donald Rumsfeld, on America's decision to invade Iraq © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say I've got to say, I think that is not a reasonable question. Richard Perle, 2013, when asked, given what happened afterward, whether he thought invading Iraq was worth it © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say Iraq's inherent defects as an artificial nation may yet bring it to grief, but not because of the US-led invasion. … And, in any event, the issue was never about making life better for Iraqis, but about ensuring a safer life for America and its allies. John Bolton © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say It's a slam dunk case. George Tenet, then CIA Director, on evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and Al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. Douglas Feith © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say There's a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon. Paul Wolfowitz © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say We are confident that Saddam Hussein has hidden weapons of mass destruction and production facilities in Iraq. John Bolton © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. Donald Rumsfeld, on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction © 2015 Kwiple.com
Iraq Packers say We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail. George W. Bush © 2015 Kwiple.com
 
Iraq Packers say We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. Dick Cheney © 2015 Kwiple.com