Alliances Quote by Tommy Franks

“Arabs and other Muslims generally agreed that Saddam Hussein might be a bloody tyrant, but, paralleling FDR's thinking, "he is our bloody tyrant." In…

— Samuel P. Huntington

I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support…

— John F. Kerry

Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.

— Brent Scowcroft

How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring…

— John le Carre

It was at a certain stage (you might have forgotten, haven't you?) that the United States actively collaborated with Saddam when he was at…

— Vladimir Putin

Whatever one wants to say about the conduct of the Iraq War, going to war to remove Saddam Hussein in 2003 was a necessary…

— Arthur L. Herman

The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained…

— Tony Blair

“Nevertheless, what saved Iran from a comprehensive defeat was not the ferocity of its military resistance but rather the limited objectives of the Iraqi…

— Efraim Karsh

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He…

— Carl Levin

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

— Harold Pinter

I believe Saddam Hussein's strategic objective was, and remains, to assert dominance over the Gulf region.

— Sandy Berger

The only argument this president needs to persuade Americans is that sacking Saddam is necessary for the security of America and the West, of…

— Wesley Pruden