John McCain Iraq Quotations

Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.

We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home.

Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.

Democrats proposing failure in Iraq by withdrawing.

If we leave Iraq, terrorists will follow us home.

Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership and the sacrifice of brave young Americans. To deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the success of the surge in Iraq, I think does a great disservice...the progress has been immense.

We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border.

The day that I can land at the airport in Baghdad and ride in an unarmed car down the highway to the Green Zone is the day that I'll start considering withdrawals from Iraq.

(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.

Katrina did not declare a truce on Iraq.

It's pretty clear we have enough Guard people in the United States, but are they capable of handling our oversees commitments as well? We need to figure out how that impacts our ability in Iraq.