Kyrsten Sinema Quotes

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.

I was 20 years old when, despite mass protests against military action, Iraq was invaded in 2003 - it didn't make for motivated political participation, I can tell you.

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.

When Americans support using our military abroad, they want to see a clear plan. They want to know what they need to do and when - and policymakers want to know that there's broad public support for the effort.

Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad.

Speaker John Boehner complained that Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into combat in Libya without clearly defining the mission to the American people and Congress. See, apparently, you're only allowed to do that when invading Iraq.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth. The leaders are the ones who make the decisions. The soldiers do not have the choice. I support the soldiers as human beings.

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq.

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.

The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular.

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.

What I see as the greatest threat to America is that the American people will put political pressure on their leaders to pull out of Iraq before we should.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!

I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive.

I am voting for this war so as not to be disloyal to President Bush.

It was pretty clear in 2002 to anyone in the intelligence community that is where we were headed.[To war with Iraq].