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George H.W. Bush: “The administration believes that a trial in which you unveil the evidence of what it says are significant and decades…”

On the recordApril 19, 2004
The administration believes that a trial in which you unveil the evidence of what it says are significant and decades long human rights abuses by the Saddam Hussein regime will perhaps convince public opinion that there were legitimate reasons to go to war.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

The administration's justification for the war in Iraq related to human rights abuses.

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