David Weldon: “If we fail, what is likely to happen? One of the scenarios is that another brutal, vicious, murderous dictatorship…”

“If we fail, what is likely to happen? One of the scenarios is that another brutal, vicious, murderous dictatorship regime could come back. The worst case scenario, of course, is that Saddam himself could crawl out from under a rock and regain the reins of power. And we all know what he did in Basra after the first Gulf War. He executed 10,000 people. I think the bloodshed this time around would be much worse. So we really need to follow through on this, and we really need to make sure it is a success. I think the President's proposal is very much the right thing to do, and I think all of us in the House and in the Senate should be backing him. This is money, I believe, that will be very well-spent in the long-term. This war on terror, I believe very strongly, it could end up resembling the Cold War. It may take decades or generations, and this is a very critical moment for us. If we succeed, it could have huge positive implications for the future. If we fail, it could be disastrous.”