A Quote by Tony Blair

I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

Tony Blair

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Abhor Basis Disarmament Regime Saddam

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Tony Blair
English - Statesman
Born: May 6, 1953

We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.

Colin Powell

In the same way, the people whom I most abhor, I abhor them for elements that I abhor in myself.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States.

John F. Kerry

The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.

Colin Powell

Structurally, as is evident, the role of the 'Islamic Terror' is to fill the gap left by the disintegration of Stalinism. That is why Saddam's quasi-Stalinist Baathist regime was the perfect transitional object for the U.S. in the immediate years after the Cold War ended. Saddam was no more a Muslim than Stalin was a Christian.

Mark Fisher

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

Tony Blair

It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.

Colin Powell

Saddam Hussein's regime is a gray and gathering danger.

George W. Bush

No disarmament regime is foolproof, and it was always understood that Assad likely hid some elements of his chemical weapons production capacity from inspectors.

Tom Malinowski

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.

William Odom

[Even if the U.S. doesn't attack] Saddam Hussein is not going to survive. His regime is on the verge of implosion.

Christopher Hitchens

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

George W. Bush

If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.