Jackie Spinner Quotes (7 Quotes)

There is a lot of opportunistic crime in Iraq, but eventually, it all comes down to politics. The video and their demands for female Iraqi detainees showed they think they have something.

That was a sign of respect for her. She was able to make a connection.

I think she had to bank on the fact that she could connect in some way with her captors. Unlike most Western journalists, she spoke good Arabic. And if you look at her work, she comes across as compassionate, as balanced.

If the borough of Manhattan was peaceful, but there was a car bomb in Brooklyn every day, it's tough to talk about the tranquility.

This has been our No. 1 threat and our worst nightmare for almost two years.

Frankly, you pray. My heart goes out to her family, her sister, her parents. I can only imagine what this must be doing to them.

The Iraq war has so polarized this country. That's why you hear hisses and boos and claps, depending on what you're saying people want to hear journalists reaffirm their previously held beliefs about the war. And I don't do that. I simply speak what I see. And I'm sorry if that's offensive to people, but I'm a journalist.