“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
“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 meeting does not make a conspiracy. Saddam Hussein does not engage in these types of acts.”
Peter Bergen
“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
“The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts.”
Hamid Karzai
“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
“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
