Saddam Quotes - Page 9

• I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution.

  Saddam Hussein

  Rights, Evil, President

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

  Steven Spielberg

  Believe, Government, Mass Destruction

  "Cruise and Spielberg Back War". news.bbc.co.uk. September 26, 2002.

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• But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.

  Karl Rove

  Gone, World, Hussein

  "Karl Rove Suggests Stephen Colbert May Need 'Anger Management'". ABC News Interview, abcnews.go.com. March 24, 2013.

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• It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Issues, Community, Hussein

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• I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.

  Walter Isaacson

  Thinking, Nuclear, Hussein

  "Buying the War". "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 25, 2007.

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• If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Apology, Literature, Hussein

  "The O'Reilly Factor". News, Talk-Show, www.imdb.com. 1996 - 2017.

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• Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed to develop these weapons, a threat to us also.

  Tony Blair

  Mass Destruction, People, Hussein

  "Tony Blair's key quotes", www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2007.

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• There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.

  Les Aspin

  Sympathy, Hussein, Administration

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• Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?

  Wesley Clark

  Talking, Iraq, Risk

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• I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between Iraq and al Qaeda). It' s normal. It's natural. These are a lot of bad actors in the same region together. They are going to bump into each other. They are going to exchange information. They're going to feel each other out and see whether there are opportunities to cooperate. That's inevitable in this region, and I think it's clear that regardless of whether or not such evidence is produced of these connections that Saddam Hussein is a threat.

  Wesley Clark

  Opportunity, Thinking, Iraq

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• There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001 He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, Wmd, Long

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• The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.

  William J. Clinton

  Patriotic, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.235, Best Books on

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• There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.

  Joe Lieberman

  Government, Hussein, Als

  "Twisting the Al-Qaida Connection" by Mithridate Ombud, www.newsbusters.org. November 28, 2005.

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• The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

  George W. Bush

  Wmd, Government, Iraq

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered January 28, 2003

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• Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.

  George W. Bush

  Decision, Hussein, Bushism

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• Either we're removing a dictator who currently has plans to fund terrorism against American citizens or -- if Bush is completely wrong and Eleanor Clift is completely right -- we're just removing a dictator who plans to terrorize a lot of people in the region, but not Americans specifically. Even for someone like me, who doesn't want America to be the world's policeman, the risk of precipitous action against Saddam Hussein doesn't keep me up at night.

  Ann Coulter

  Night, America, People

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• Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?

  Ann Coulter

  Mean, Vices, Troops

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• Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession of nuclear weapons in addition to the weapons of mass destruction he already has, he is likely to use them or share them with terrorists. The threat of mass death on a scale never before seen residing in the hands of an unstable madman is intolerable – and must be preempted.

  Charles Krauthammer

  War, Mass Destruction, Hands

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• They are still trying to bomb with artillery and rocket-propelled grenades to hit the Republican Guard who are controlling Saddam International Airport.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Airports

  "Information minister: Iraq still controls airport". www.cnn.com. April 6, 2003.

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• We have crushed the whole force which dared to venture there. They were on the runway at Saddam International Airport. That force was crushed

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Airports

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• ...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, War, Mind

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• I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's had his chance, he has had many chances over the last 12 years and he has blown every one of those chances.

  Colin Powell

  Military, War, Thinking

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• There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest

  Ari Fleischer

  Feet, Mountain, Gathering

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• You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses, and he wears a beret. He is French, people.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Laughter, Hate

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• I, for one, begin with intent. ... There is no question that Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

  Tommy Franks

  Pregnancy, America, United States

  "Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack". www.newsmax.com. November 20, 2003.

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