And these American prisoners of war – have you people noticed who the torturers are? Women! The babes! The babes are meting out the torture.
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The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.
I think Iraq is a terrible mistake. To think when we leave, it’s going to be this nice democratic country. Give me a break.
They’re dialin’ up the rhetoric on Iraq. Let’s see if we can nail ‘em down, OK? Let’s get to work.
— Dave Callaham, Rhett Reese, Columbus, Jesse Eisenberg, imdb.com
lived my entire life waiting for this moment. I trained, I lied, I killed just to get here. I killed in America, Afghanistan, Iraq... I took life from my own brothers and sisters right here on this continent! And all this death just so I could kill you.
— Joe Robert Cole, Ryan Coogler, Erik Killmonger, Michael B Jordan, imdb.com
Murphy: How can I go through delivery without my Lamaze coach? Miles Silverberg: I called your house for hours, but there was no answer. So finally I just drove over to leave 'em a note. I heard your phone ringing and I thought it might be him, so I broke one of the windows to let myself in, they ba…
I'm more alone than I was in the bottom of that hole in Iraq.
— Chip Johannessen, Howard Gordon, Chris Brody, Jackson Pace, imdb.com
I saw things Iraq that didn't line up with what it means to be a soldier.
We view the path of the present administration as corroding the international standards the United States had as a negotiator, a mediator and a compromiser for good. Frankly, we lost our way. We did not allow the UN inspectors to proceed in completing their work and did not allow a vigorous internat…
Do you know why there are no Wal-Marts in Iraq? They’re all Targets.
Never, ever underestimate a people's pride, no matter how broken theymight be. It is very easy for Iraqis to hate Saddam and resent America for overstaying. Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. Which is why a Pakistani friend tells me…
One of the striking examples was the invasion of Iraq. U.S. and British intelligence agencies informed their governments that the invasion of Iraq was likely to lead to an increase in terrorism. They didn’t care. In fact, it did. Terrorism increased by a factor of seven the first year after the Iraq…
The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime.
We spent two trillion dollars doing whatever we did in Iraq. I still don’t know why we did it, but we did. Iraq is sitting on an ocean of oil. Is it out of line to suggest that they should contribute to their own future? And after the blood and the money we spent trying to bring some semblance of st…
We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost. But when you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost-conscious.