Sen. Reid:

“Is the war in Iraq making America safer? By all accounts, the answer…is ‘no.’”

(U.S. Senate, April 9, 2008)

Ambassador Crocker:

Al Qaida is our mortal and strategic enemy. So to the extent that Al Qaida’s capacities have been lessened in Iraq and they have been significantly lessened, I do believe that makes America safer.

(Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, April 9, 2008)