Rosanne Cash Quotes

If the Australian Government were to associate itself with the United States attack on Iraq, which was not sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council, then we'd put this country at risk.

We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model.

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq.

Unless the president can make a very compelling case that Saddam Hussein has his finger on a weapon of mass destruction and is about ready to use it, I do not think that now is the time to go to war against Saddam Hussein.

When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when necessary.

Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like?

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas.

The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.

If it was up to the U.N., Saddam Hussein would still be killing his own people.

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and compelling national security objective of the United States that we ought to use military force to remove him from power. He's not the only unpleasant and unsavory dictator in the world.

Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.

We begin by not taking it [the United Nations] seriously.

My God, this is war against the United Nations.

We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it.

… the financial cost of a [military] strike isn’t a reason to acquiesce in mass murder in Syria.

Iran has not earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt.

No American president will ever pay a political price for choosing national security over world opinion.