Joseph Biden Iraq Quotations

What happens when our ambassador has to stand up and make the case on intelligence relating to Iraq and North Korea? ... Do you think John Bolton is going to be believed? And do you think it matters? I think it matters a great deal.

It acknowledges that the Security Council fully understands that this is the world's problem -- Iraq is the world's problem -- not just the United States problem, and that failure to secure the peace in Iraq would have significant consequences and ramifications for the region and the world,

I think we have two national emergencies: one relates to our interest in Iraq and the other in the Gulf, and I don't think you can take from one to deal with the other, ... Late Edition.

We need a civilian commitment in Iraq equal to our military one.

We can't keep the peace in Iraq anymore than the Iraqis want it. We can't want it more than they want it. And if they don't step up to the ball, we're going to be gone.

I still believe we can preserve our fundamental security interests in Iraq as we begin to redeploy our forces,

This is poppycock that Iraq will be able to pay its way out.

Iraq cannot be salvaged by military might alone,