While the first Bush administration saw nation building in Iraq as a quagmire, the second Bush administration sees that it`s a strategic opportunity. The first Bush administration was afraid they`d be stuck. American troops would be staying there forever. It would be a chaotic country, might fall apart. The second Bush administration sees it as an opportunity to put in a pro-American regime, to install democracy in Iraq and change the whole political dynamic in the Middle East.
- Michael GordonAt least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
- Charles RangelNo matter how many times the Administration denies it, there is no question they misled the nation and led us into a quagmire in Iraq.
- Albert RashoWe are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
- Alex MunterI just don`t understand under what circumstances other nations will be willing to be drawn into what looks increasingly like a major quagmire.
- Allen AlleyThis was a lied-into war that is a quagmire now, ... It could be worse than Vietnam. The truth is we can`t win, and there`s still an ongoing deception.
- Anthony DeFazioMSN became a quagmire, partly because of Microsoft`s hubris.
- Antoine Agudio