Political Quotes

“in order to solve the problem, you have to recognize that you have a problem in the first place. For 3 years, the President and his administration contended that everything was going fine in Iraq, that we were winning, and they openly questioned the motivations and the patriotism of anyone who questioned or disagreed with them. Now we are finally getting some straight talk from people who have been in the administration since the very beginning. The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq says the country is nearing a civil war and we have opened ``Pandora's box'' by toppling Saddam Hussein. Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte said, ``Even if a broad, inclusive national government emerges, there will almost certainly be a lag time before we see a dampening effect on the insurgency.'' And today, General Peter Pace, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ``The Iraqi people themselves are standing at a crossroads, and they are making critical decisions for their country right now about which road they want to take,'' whether it is going to be a civil war or the road to democracy. These are sobering assessments, but they were a welcome change from the standard White House line of everything is fine, everything is hunky-dory, we are winning in Iraq, the road to victory is in Iraq. In fact, we are at the precipice of a civil war. We are on the doorstep of a civil war.…”