"We wasted 200 Billion Dollars of our money (in Iraq), 100Billion to destroy the infrastructure of the country, thenwe had to pledge 100 Billion to build it back, to find oneguy who was hiding in a fox hole." -- Ted Turner
"History will look back at this debacle in Iraq as one ofthe greatest mistakes that any major country every made --as big a bad deal as Time Warner merging with AOL. In onemove, we set the United States back at least 30 years, asfar as our International relations. I mean it's gonnatake a *long* time and a lot of work to repair ourstanding in the world." -- Ted Turner
"I said 'I felt as excited about signing the papers onthe (AOL Time Warner) merger as I did about having sexfor the first time' ... but I didn't really. I was justtrying to make the shareholders happy." -- Ted Turner
He also spoke of the environment, population, and the better world that is possible if we just decide tocreate it.