Political Quotes

“If armed men invaded a home in this country, killed those in their way, stole what they wanted and then announced the house was now theirs--no one would hesitate about what must be done. And that is why we cannot hesitate about what must be done halfway around the world: in Kuwait. There is much in the modern world that is subject to doubts or questions--washed in shades of gray. But not the brutal aggression of Saddam Hussein against a peaceful, sovereign nation and its people. It's black and white. The facts are clear. The choice unambiguous--right vs. wrong. The terror Saddam Hussein has imposed upon Kuwait violates every principle of human decency. Listen to what Amnesty International has documented. ``Widespread abuses of human rights have been perpetrated by Iraqi forces . . . arbitrary arrest and detention without trial of thousands . . . widespread torture . . . imposition of the death penalty and the extrajudicial execution of hundreds of unarmed civilians, including children.'' Including children--there's no horror that could make this a more obvious conflict of good vs. evil. The man who used chemical warfare on his own people--once again including children--now oversees public hangings of dissenters. And daily his troops commit atrocities against Kuwaiti citizens. This brutality has reverberated throughout the entire world.…”