Morgan Ortagus Quotes
Whether it is Iraq, whether it is Yemen, whether it is Lebanon, whether it is Syria, I mean North Africa, you could go through the list of countries where Iran as the largest state sponsor of terrorism uses these proxies... to foment chaos in the Middle East.
Ortagus, Morgan. "Department Press Briefing." U.S. Department of State, 24 Oct. 2019.
The neoconservatives at the time, not only urged the invasion of Iraq, but no sooner did it take place than Ledeen and other neoconservatives were calling for the invasion of other countries in the Middle East that were controlled by dictators.
Ironically Germany which has publicly usually been so sensitive and responsible after their massive chemical extermination in the concentration camps of WWII, was embarrassed by their own private companies which, to make money, sold the chemicals and the technology to the then worst murderer in the world.
Scowcroft and Colin Powell had been key military and security advisors to President George W. Bush’s father when he was President. The younger Bush had no foreign policy or military experience, and he and his party assured the public that with men like Scowcroft and Powell advising him, all would be well. However, when Bush thought of invading Iraq, Scowcroft and Powell strongly advised him against it, but the younger Bush ignored the advice of these men who had served the nation so well under his father. Scowcroft’s warning could not have been more accurate.
The Shiites are a faction of Islam that has contested with the majority faction, the Sunnis, for theological and cultural dominance of Islam and the Middle East. The Shiites were the majority in Iraq but under Saddam were dominated by the Sunni. Iran is a Shiite country but the Arab states other than Iraq have Sunni majorities and dominance.
In the Asymmetric Warfare the insurgent “wins” a battle by surviving even if the insurgent takes massive casualties. As long as some exist—they can recruit and expand.
Morgan Deann Ortagus is a financial analyst and political advisor who served as spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2019 to 2021. She previously held several government positions including Deputy Treasury Attaché and Intelligence Analyst at the United States Department of the Treasury and Public Affairs Officer at USAID. Ortagus worked as national security contributor at Fox News prior to her appointment as State Department spokesperson. She is also an officer in the United States Navy Reserve.
