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Jack Kingston: the interesting thing is we hear from some people, well, we should not interfere in Iraq. It is like oh, yes, these…

On the recordMay 7, 2003
the interesting thing is we hear from some people, well, we should not interfere in Iraq. It is like oh, yes, these people deserve to be oppressed and put down, and they do not deserve freedom; and now that they have been liberated, we are hearing the same people saying, well, democracy will not work, as if they are intellectually challenged, that they cannot handle it. I wish these people would just for one time turn their wrath on France, just for the day, just for the day and say, maybe France should not have issued a passport to Saddam Hussein and his family. Gee whiz, boys, that was bad. Or, gee whiz, garcon, I guess I should say. But it is amazing. They are not going to quit and they cannot stand the fact that the Commander in Chief, the President of the United States, was right. They cannot stand that.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the liberation of Iraq and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.

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