Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Quotes

So to recap: we may or may not be going to war with Iraq because Saddam may or may not have weapons of mass destruction, which he may or may not use, or pass to other terrorists groups with whom he may or may not have links.

If this phrase of “the balance of power” is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting …

The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

Are we going to start a war, the end of which we cannot see?

We should have known better after the first war.

We oppose the use of chemical weapons no matter who uses them and against whom they are used.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

Israel is frightening. Its behaviour is irresponsible.

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is on.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.

We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.

As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have resolved this conflict and disarmed Saddam Hussein without war. However, this was not the case.

Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war.

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.