Jay Rockefeller Quotes

To impose justice, stability, and cooperation on oppressed or ungoverned nations is usually a tall order. It is hardly ever done cheaply, especially against nationalist resistance

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

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 were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

Thinking about the war now and the occupation later is not an acceptable solution.

When you've won the war, you're faced with the problem of winning the peace.

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

We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq.

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.

If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.

I built Kosovo for 10 years.

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.

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

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

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

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

Effective intervention ended Sierra Leone’s civil war, while nonintervention condemned Rwanda to genocide.

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

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

All wars are mishandled.