... many opponents of the decision to start the war agree with the proposition that a catastrophic outcome would have grave global consequences ...

Henry Kissinger, August 12, 2005, original unabridged version in the Washington Post

The idea that it's going to be destabilizing is bizarre, frankly.

Paul Wolfowitz, February 25, 2003

In Iraq, each of the various ethnic and religious groupings sees itself in an irreconcilable, perhaps mortal, confrontation with the others. Each group has what amounts to its own geographically concentrated militia. In the Kurdish area, for example, internal security is maintained by Kurdish forces, and the presence of the national army is kept to a minimum, if not totally prevented. The same holds true to a substantial extent in the Shiite region. Is it then possible to speak of a national army at all?

Kissinger, August 12, 2005

I had a powerful experience on Sunday. I went to Dearborn, Michigan which is the center of the Iraqi-American community, several hundred thousand that live in that area. And I met with a group of several hundred in the Dearborn town hall on Sunday. I raised this issue with them. I said there are people who say you've got Kurds and Arabs and Shia and Suni and Turkamen and Assyrians and as soon as Saddam is gone they'll be fighting with one another. Someone shouted out, "Never", and the whole crowd erupted in agreement.

Wolfowitz, February 25, 2003