Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

Clear

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican presidential debate

On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "

False

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."

Half-True

January 29, 2016

Michael McCaul
stated on September 12, 2015 the Republican weekly radio/TV address

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 comments on social media.

Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015

Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview on "The Daily Show"

The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015

Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show

ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire

"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on May 17, 2015 an interview on Fox News

On whether the Iraq War was a mistake.

Half Flip

By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 a response to a question after a town hall meeting

"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • February 8, 2015

Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

True

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 the Sunday comics

The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 a TV interview

The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014

LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"

Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."

False

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014

Julie Pace
stated on September 11, 2014 a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest

The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of."

Mostly True

By Derek Tsang • September 18, 2014

Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference

"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014

Previous Next