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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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• If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the drug czar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to, once and for all, say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussein and a prohibitively expensive brinkmanship in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.

  Hugh Downs

  Farewell, Opportunity, America

  ABC News, November 1990.

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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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• Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

  Eddie Mair

  Judging, Trials, Comedy

  "Balls" by Eddie Mair, www.bbc.co.uk. August 21, 2006.

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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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• The very best kind of Saddam Hussein is the very dead kind.

  A. M. Rosenthal

  War, Hussein, Kind

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• A headline last year, after the death of Saddam Hussein, read: 'Tyrant is hanged'. My auntie looked at the newspaper and sobbed, 'Who's going to present "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"'

  Steve Williams

  Tyrants, Years, Want

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• The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing. Today they showed videotape, and Saddam was speaking at his own funeral.

  David Letterman

  Funeral, Confusing, Alive

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• Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might use weapons himself in the region, then it became hard for the Democrats to say, 'Well, that can't happen.'

  Chris Matthews

  Might Use, Giving, Literature

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• Liberals could not be less interested in democracy when it came to taking out Saddam Hussein... Now a loyal American ally [Mubarak] comes under attack and they are burning for democracy.

  Ann Coulter

  Democracy, Allies, Burning

  Conservative Political Action Conference, www.esquire.com. 2011.

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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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• 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 voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.

  John F. Kerry

  Use, Hussein, Resolution

  "Tricky John Kerry" by Robert Novak, www.cnn.com. September 5, 2003.

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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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• When Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in 1990, I felt America's post-Cold War commitment to national principles and international leadership was on the line. I was dismayed by the wide opposition among my fellow Democrats. To me, their position was wrong.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Commitment, Kuwait

  "In Praise Of Public Life". Book by Joseph I. Lieberman, 2000.

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• The media is uncritical, and their so-called the concept of objectivity translates into keeping everything within the Beltway. However, Iraq was quite different. Here, there were flat-out lies, and they sort of knew it. They were desperately trying to make connections between Saddam Hussein and 9/11.

  Noam Chomsky

  Lying, Iraq, Objectivity

  "Noam Chomsky on the 2016 Republicans: 'I Have Never Seen Such Lunatics in the Political System'". Interview with Simone Chun / Hankyoreh, www.alternet.org. March 11, 2016.

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• Nobody has ever said in the United States government that we are going to war next month. No decision has been made by the president because, as he said to the United Nations, he wants the United Nations to live up to its responsibilities and he wants Saddam Hussein to cooperate.

  Colin Powell

  War, Responsibility, Government

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.

  Colin Powell

  War, Believe, Doe

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of mass destruction. He continues to give us statements that suggest he is not in possession of weapons of mass destruction when we know he is.

  Colin Powell

  Giving Up, Mass Destruction, Community

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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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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• 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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