Political Quotes

“A bloody tyrant rules no longer in Iraq. A man who without qualm or regret murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens has been removed from power. The perpetrator of one of the past century's most gruesome crimes against humanity, the use of chemical weapons on innocent Kurdish civilians, no longer is free to pursue such weapons. The aggressor in the Gulf War, who a decade ago invaded his neighbor, only to be driven out by a mighty coalition, no longer threatens the volatile region of the Middle East. The record is replete with the case against Saddam Hussein. The mass graves are laid open, and only now are the thousands of widows, mothers and orphans--victims all--able to openly grieve. Who here will ever forget the image of the desperate citizens of Baghdad, clawing at the ground in the hopeless search for hidden prisons that might hold their loves ones. Mass graves have been found throughout the country, the unmistakable mark of history's tyrants. As the regime of Saddam Hussein has come to an end, the difficult work has only just begun to ensure that we never again witness such horrors. As this legislation proves, in both Iraq and Afghanistan this will be a costly effort in treasure and in time. But most costly of all are the lost lives of our men and women serving on the front line of the war against terror, whose devotion to our country may be matched in the history of the nation, but never surpassed.”