Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

By David Stanford format: trade paperback publication: August 2008 ISBN: 9780740772313

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"Once you got to Iraq and took it over, and took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq." --Dick Cheney, on the 1991 decision not to invade

The War in Quotes is a startling account of the War in Iraq, told entirely in the words of those who conceived, planned, advocated, and executed it. Presented in chronological order against a timeline of key events, these quotes provide insight into the unfolding of a pivotal American foreign policy undertaking whose ultimate effects on the world will be felt for generations to come.

"Jeez, what a fixation about Iraq." --Colin Powell, following meetings with George W. Bush after 9/11

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." --Dick Cheney, 8-26-02

"I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons." --Donald Rumsfeld, 3-24-03

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." --Dick Cheney, 3-16-03

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." --George W. Bush, 5-2-03

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