Saddam Quotes - Page 20

• Saddam Hussein greeted me with a handshake, which, again to my surprise, is surprisingly soft considering how many people that hand had dispatched, allegedly. I think he's quite a forbidding presence, too forbidding a presence to be charming. But he's interesting.

  George Galloway

  Thinking, Hands, People

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• I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

  Tony Blair

  Regimes, Disarmament, Bases

  "Blair sets out case for military action", www.cnn.com. February 18, 2003.

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• Twenty-one years ago today Saddam Hussein was first elected president of Iraq and he has been re-elected ever since. Apparently they have the same electoral process we do, you don't need the popular vote to win.

  Jay Leno

  Winning, Years, Iraq

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• It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced out of power and a new regime brought in, a new leadership brought in, I am confident it will be some combination of people inside the country and outside the country.

  Colin Powell

  Country, People, Hussein

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I wish that after the war against Saddam Hussein we had been more effective at rebuilding Iraq quickly. I think had we done it from the provinces, in, rather than from Baghdad, out, we might have been more successful.

  Condoleezza Rice

  War, Successful, Thinking

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Government, Iraq, Decision

  Interview With Judy Woodruff of Bloomberg TV, July 1, 2008.

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• Saddam Hussein had nerve gas and used it against his own people, he had used chemical weapons against the Iranians and he almost had a nuclear bomb in 1981 and in 1991. And he had been caught with anthrax in 1995 by the UN inspections after denying that he had it.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  People, Nuclear, Nerves

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think all of our experience with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless it is clear to him that if diplomacy does not work, that the threatened reality of force is there.

  Tony Blair

  Reality, Thinking, President

  "U.S. moves more firepower into Persian Gulf". www.cnn.com. February 5, 1998.

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• Saddam Hussein has invited members from the U.S. Congress to visit Iraq. Man how stupid is Hussein? If you think Bush had incentive to bomb Iraq before, imagine if Congress was over there.

  Jay Leno

  Stupid, Men, Thinking

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• I think we've, again, got to be extremely careful; otherwise we'll misunderstand what's going on in Iraq and in Syria today. Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.

  Tony Blair

  Responsibility, Thinking, Iraq

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Yesterday, Saddam Hussein got 100 percent of the vote. Well, that's according to Saddam's campaign manager, Jeb Hussein.

  Jay Leno

  Yesterday, Campaigns, Hussein

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• Most Iraqis, even if they hated Saddam and suffered, say life was much better under him than it was under the occupation and what's going on today.

  Tariq Ali

  Today, Occupation, Hated

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The Sunni Arabs began to realize that they had made a huge mistake by not voting in the election of 2005 and by not being part of the new Iraq. They had reasons for this: They were effected by the disestablishment of the military and by de-Baathification (the dismantling of Saddam Hussein's party) in winter 2007-2007. They increasingly recognized that their future lay in being part of the solution rather than a continuing part of the problem.

  David Petraeus

  Military, Mistake, Party

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Think about this - some of us actively fighting to remove Saddam Hussein don't agree with the cause themselves, but they're doing their duty. And it is our duty as loyal Americans to shut up once the fighting begins, unless - unless facts prove the operation wrong, as was the case in Vietnam.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Fighting, Thinking, Vietnam

  "Made a Mistake". "Talking Points Memo" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. March 3, 2003.

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• Whether weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Iraq, Issues, Serious

  "CNN Late Edition" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 27, 2003.

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• I would wager that the number of civilians that were killed [in] a typical week under Saddam Hussein was probably more than we killed during the weeks we were at war there.

  Bill Maher

  War, Numbers, Typical

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• Combat forces of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and other countries enforced the demands of the United Nations, ended the rule of Saddam Hussein - and the people of Iraq are free.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Iraq, Australia

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, United States, Hussein

  "U.N. Security Council Unanimously OKs U.S. Iraq Resolution". www.foxnews.com. November 08, 2002.

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• We concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. Many nations have voiced a commitment to peace and security, and now they must demonstrate that commitment to peace and security in the only effective way: by supporting the immediate and unconditional disarmament of Saddam Hussein.

  George W. Bush

  Commitment, World, Hussein

  Azores Press Conference, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2003.

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• Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Responsibility, Hussein

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• Saddam Hussein's regime is a gray and gathering danger.

  George W. Bush

  President, Gathering, Hussein

  "Showdown: Iraq". "CNN Presents" with Aaron Brown (CNN/New York Times special report), www.cnn.com. September 29, 2002.

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• I feel like the American people are being lied to and manipulated. President Bush is trying to force 9/11 and Saddam together.

  Janeane Garofalo

  People, Trying, President

  "Questioning Bush's motives on Iraq". "In the Crossfire" with Tucker Carlson, James Carville, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2003.

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• How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.

  Dick Cheney

  Son, Leader, Hussein

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• I want him [Saddam Hussein]. I want - I want justice. There is an old poster seen out west. As I recall, it said, Wanted Dead or Alive.

  George W. Bush

  Justice, President, Alive

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• There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Running, Team

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