#saddam

Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

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To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

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Saddam Hussein has openly admitted to the rest of the world that he had weapons of mass destruction. He used those weapons to kill his own people. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

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It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#am #brutal #crimes #death #deciding

To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on trial. The threat from alleged weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq has been neutralized. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#example #give #hope #human #human rights

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#democracy #democratic #elections #holding #iraq

I can't do anything too serious like Saddam Hussein, but I would like to do Bill Clinton. That'd be fun. ↗

— Ruby Wax

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The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years. ↗

— John Hewson

#conflict #fool #get #going #hasn