John Boehner Quotes

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime.

Listen, we’re making good progress in Iraq. Sometimes its hard to tell it when you listen to the filter.

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.

Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.

Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or these things will really become troubling.

We are not going to abandon Iraq.

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough.

I think any of us who have been involved in the mission of Iraq have developed a great deal of affection for the Iraqi people and are emotionally invested in what we think is a vital mission... So I think any of my contemporaries would welcome the opportunity to go back and make a contribution to this extraordinarily important mission.

There is only one option in Iraq: that we win.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.

We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.

In the short run, using militias might be the quickest and easiest way to improve order on Iraq's streets and uproot the terrorists and guerrillas who routinely attack American troops and civilian targets.

Pakistani prisoners are safe in Indian jails. We are a responsible government.

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility.

Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done.

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country.

When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.

My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.