“But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart.”
Brent Scowcroft
“If military action is required, our objective this time should be not to annoy Saddam Hussein, not to inconvenience Saddam Hussein, but to remove Saddam Hussein,”
Dan Quayle
“One of the interpreters hired by CBS for the Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein interview adopted a phony Arabic accent. You know, maybe CBS should have hired somebody with a fake Dan Rather accent to ask tougher questions.”
Jay Leno
“What it warned of was this: it's very important that we don't replace one dictator, Saddam Hussein, with another. I totally agree with that.”
Tony Blair
“I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a democratic system,”
Colin Powell
“Saddam Hussein is one of the most violent mass murderers of this century or any other century. That's what's on trial here, not the US government, not the Iraqi government. It's Saddam Hussein.”
Sean McCormack
“One meeting does not make a conspiracy. Saddam Hussein does not engage in these types of acts.”
Peter Bergen
