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George H.W. Bush: “I haven't had a report on the trials themselves yet. And when I read about them, I tried to put myself in the place of…”

On the recordMay 20, 1991
I haven't had a report on the trials themselves yet. And when I read about them, I tried to put myself in the place of the Kuwaiti citizens who were brutalized by Saddam Hussein. I tried to think back, and it wasn't hard, to the brutality and the terrible grief that the families that stayed in Kuwait had. And I can understand that there's a lot of bitterness from those Kuwaitis who saw their country raped and pillaged in an unconscionable way. Having said that, I think it would be in Kuwait's interest to extend the fair trial to everybody and to be as compassionate as one can given the outrages that they faced. The last question's for the Chancellor.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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