Conrad C. Crane Quotes

The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace is real and serious

I would hope that we have in place the adequate resources to become an army of occupation because you’re going to walk into chaos

We’re not going to need as many people to do peacekeeping as we needed to fight the war.

Someone should tell the president that U.S. forces would need to be in Iraq for two to five years, and they will not have an easy time there.

There are two things that will always be difficult for a democratic people to do: to start a war and to finish it

We have to go in and win this war quickly, and then be prepared to help stabilize Iraq over an indefinite period, five to ten years, at a minimum, I believe, using a large fraction of American forces. This is a major undertaking that likely would require a total of 150,000 troops and could stay above 100,000 for several years

History will judge the war against Iraq not by the brilliance of its military execution, but by the effectiveness of the post-hostilities activities

America has wearied of Middle East War.

Right now, the choice isn't between war and peace. It is between war and endless war.

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

Has any anti-war demonstration ever stopped a war?

The most expensive peace is far less costly than the cheapest war.

It makes no difference who says that our objective is peace, even if he be the President of the United States. Our actions speak louder than words, and our actions in Asia today are the actions of warmaking.

I have done all I can to prevent wars. All my life I've been dedicated to preventing just what has happened today.

It’s damn easy to get into a war, but damned harder to extricate yourself once you get in.

What I have learned about Afghanistan is that force carries more weight than anything else.

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.

Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.