War Controversy Quotes

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans.

[Vietnam was] the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Mexican-American War had been unnecessarily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United States

The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops.

Have you folks been following the controversy with John Kerry and his service in Vietnam and the Swift Boat campaign? It all took place in Vietnam and now it just won't go away. I was thinking about this - if John Kerry had just ducked the war like everybody else he wouldn't have this trouble.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.

We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.

I honestly think that it automatically hurts me if I said that I supported the war in Iraq and I support the troops. That automatically kills me for getting a bunch of movies, a bunch of TV shows. People don't want to hear from me.

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world leaders start calling your father.

[On the Vietnam War:] I leave all morality up to you clergymen.

The idea that the British carried out hundreds of war crimes in Iraq is, of course, utterly without foundation and grossly unfair.

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.

Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.

However one feels about the war in Iraq, realize that our troops deserve our support 100 percent.

The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined period, the legitimacy of the war became a major domestic issue, with some people arguing that withdrawal was the only legitimate objective.

I don't like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight...I've always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.

John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.