William Kristol Iraq Quotations

Would any of his aides have the nerve to tell him that as Supreme Court jurists go, Gonzales would be mediocre - and not a solid bet to move the court in a constitutionalist direction? Would any of them have the nerve to explain to the president that a Gonzales nomination would utterly demoralize many of his supporters, who are sticking with him and his party, through troubles in Iraq and screw-ups with Hurricane Katrina, precisely because they want a few important things out of a Bush presidency - and one of these is a more conservative court?

The liberation of Iraq was the first great battle for the future of the Middle East. But the next great battle ? not, we hope a military one ? will be for Iran.

Iraq's always been very secular.

And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology in America that, you know, somehow the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular.

Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.

[the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East

If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected around the world.