And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals.
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Saddam Hussein
The Dictator
Saddam Hussein
Was not sent to Haag
I wonder why?
Saddam Hussein
Tolerated Christians
Now they have fled
Saddam Hussein
Set women free to study
Now they wear chador
Saddam Hussein
Was a murderous despot
We gave him the tools
Saddam Hussein
We handed him to his foes
Silence on a long rope
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Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.
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Saddam's Legacy
Saddam’s Legacy
A million Christians
Lived in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Now they have left
Save for a few hundred souls
Yet their plight goes unheard
Heed the echo
Of the loser of you war games
Christians yet Arabs
Fleeing the land of their heart
Unprotected and betrayed
This useless war
Fought for vain glory by us
Have we lost honor
Wallowing in extreme hubris
Future generation will pay the prize
Saddam Hussein
Was a bulwark against extremists
We hung him
Iraq is defenseless now
And al Qaida has a free run.
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We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, consistently violated UN resolutions and in a post-9/11 world no American president could afford to give Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
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Like Afghanistan before it, Iraq is only one theater in a regional war. We were attacked by a network of terrorist organizations supported by several countries, of whom the most important were Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.
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I think the real target of al-Qaeda is Saudi Arabia by the way. They hate us and we're a vehicle to get at Saudi Arabia. I think Osama bin Laden really wants to topple that regime and have his people move in, but that's a whole other story.
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So, I think even in Saudi Arabia there is movement. And we have to remember that over the years they've stabilized the oil price and that is tremendously important for the economies of the world. I think we have no choice but to work with the government of Saudi Arabia.
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We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.
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Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms have been restored in Iraq, as well as equal rights to all, not just to Saddam's entourage of terrorists.
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In the post-9/11 world you cannot give him the benefit of the doubt. As a result of our going into Iraq, not only is Saddam Hussein gone, but Qaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction and tremendous progress is being made in Iraq.
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Beating Around The Bush: A Foreign Policy
Saddam claimed to be greater
than Hitler and Nebuchadnezzar,
an ancient king of Babylon.
Saddam believed he would
build a Greater Empire than both,
beginning from modern Iraq.
This is the man Mr Bush!
Decided to let continue
to rule during his watch?
In 1979 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
claimed he was a direct lineal descendant
of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II.
Saddam called himself Nebuchadnezzar III
had coins struck showing his likeness
coined with the Babylonian king on these coins.
The two likenesses proved to be! Uncannily similar!
In his memoirs George Herbert Bush
compared Saddam to Adolf Hitler!
Aspirations for Empire! Ambitions!
Ethnic Cleansing! Rule by Dictatorship!
[Chemical weapons, deportations!
Forced disappearances, Secret police!
Targeted assassinations, torture, murders!
Sounds like a resume of Adolf Hitler!
Yes Saddam was another Hitler wanta be! ]
[This is monster Mr Bush
decided to let continue
to rule during his watch? ]
Invasion and Annexation
Kuwait invaded by Iraqi!
August 2 1990!
Iraqi forces first bomb
Kuwait City terror tactics!
The Kuwaiti civilian capital
attacked by Iraqi commandos!
Deployed by helicopters boats
all airports two airbases seized!
Remember Invasion Kuwait?
Saddam’s Iraq-Kuwait War?
Major conflict! Republic of Iraq!
State of Kuwait! Occupation!
Seven-month long Iraqi occupation!
Leading to direct military intervention!
United States-led forces in the Gulf War!
Remember Human Shields!
Western hostages!
August 23 1990!
Iraqi state television!
Saddam patted a small British boy!
Stuart Lockwood on the back!
Saddam asked through his interpreter!
‘Stuart is Stuart getting his milk’?
Saddam said 'We hope your presence
as guests here will not be for too long.
Your presence here, and in other places,
is meant to prevent the scourge of war.'
Remember Iraq-Kuwait War?
Two days of intense combat!
Kuwaiti Armed Forces!
Overrun by Iraqi Republican Guard!
Kuwaiti survivors escaped to border neighbours!
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain!
State of Kuwait was Iraqi abolished!
Saddam announced19th province of Iraq!
Empire building Saudi Arabia!
Saddam slotted for next invasion!
Saudi Oil! Black Gold! Saddam’s!
American dependent on Saudi Oil?
Kuwait had been a close ally of Iraq!
Kuwait had heavily funded the 8 year!
Iraqi war against Iran! Iraq-Iran war!
Kuwait functioned as Iraq’s major port!
Port Basra in Iraq had been shut down by fighting!
Invasion was the thanks Kuwait received!
First domino to fall in Saddam’s Empire Building!
The gall to attack under America’s nose!
Or surprise invasion Bush sanctioned?
American Ambassador in Iraq April Glaspie!
On July 25 1990! Gave the green light?
Interrogates the Iraqi high command to explain!
Iraqi military preparations in progress!
The massing of Iraqi troops near the border!
The American ambassador declared!
To her Iraqi interlocutor that Washington!
Inspired by friendship not by confrontation!
Has no opinion on the disagreement!
Between Kuwait and Iraq stating!
'we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts! '
Glaspie told Saddam Hussein that the U.S.
did not intend 'to start an economic war
against Iraq'. Saddam believed he had received
a diplomatic green light to invade Kuwait!
Is this why in spite of Iraqi saber-rattling?
Kuwait did not put military forces on alert!
Kuwait was caught with its pants down!
Decisive Iraqi victory in Blitzkrieg two days!
Bush playing off his Kuwaiti Iraqi pawns?
Saddam Hussein installed his cousin!
Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali) ?
Governor in Kuwait after (lightning war) !
Following in his dictator Aryan idol
(Evil Nazi Adolf Hitler’s) footsteps!
Blitzkrieg tactic successfully used!
Kuwait taken! Saudi Arabia Bahrain!
These countries just the beginning!
Saddam believed he would!
Build a Greater Empire than both!
Beginning from modern Iraq!
Blitzkrieg tactic against Poland
(attacked in September 1939)
Denmark (April 1940)
Norway (April 1940)
Belgium (May 1940)
Netherlands (May 1940)
Luxembourg (May 1940)
France (May 1940)
Yugoslavia (April 1941)
Greece (April 1941)
Great Britain saved from Nazi German
ground attack by the English Channel!
An island protected by the Royal Navy!
Saddam monster Mr Bush!
Decided to let continue
to rule during his watch?
After seizing Saddam by the throat!
Following Blitzkrieg Desert Storm!
In 1991! Bush pats pawn on his back!
Allows Saddam to rule as he likes?
Killing Shia or Kurds at will!
[It would be more than ten
long suffering years later! Before
the eventual invasion of Iraq! ]
The collective blood guilt?
[The innocent killed during this time?
Shia Kurd pawns sacrificed!
Who has this blood on their hands? ]
Tell me again George! What was your plan?
Why was it necessary to keep Saddam?
To keep this puzzle piece puppet in place!
New Pearl Harbour before New World Order!
Keep hiding shifting the pea in the cups!
The con artist slight of hand blame game!
Wrap it with credible spectacular presentation!
Justify response to craftily engineered incident!
Make a few movies control media cover tracks!
All it takes to manipulate people foreign domestic!
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I said I'm the president of Iraq... I did not say deposed.
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But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and these days its exports are only about one tenth that of neighboring Saudi Arabia.
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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
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In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.
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It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
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If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate.
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I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.
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