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What they're saying about a war with Iraq
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What they're saying about a war with Iraq
And if people say: why should Britain care? I answer: because there is no way that this man, in this region above all regions, could begin a conflict using such weapons and the consequences not engulf the whole world
Tony Blair
British Prime Minister
Saddam can barely keep things together, and he just cannot be an aggressor.
Suryadharma Ali
Indonesian Legislator
We are rushing into war without fully discussing why, without thoroughly considering the consequences, or without making any attempt to explore what steps we might take to avert conflict.
Robert C. Byrd
US Senator
Saddam is a concrete man and I expect him to accept UN inpectors. He'd better accept them.
Silvio Berlusconi
Italian Prime Minister
Unilateral US action against Iraq would invalidate the power of the UN. And if the US does it, other countries can follow suit.
Rizal Buendia
Political science department head
De La Salle University, the Philippines
I'm very much in support of President Bush's plan to invade Iraq. He has got to remove Sadaam Hussein. Osama bin Laden is a minor leaguer.
Reverend Jerry Falwell
Saddam's worst crimes, by far, have been domestic, including the use of chemical weapons against Kurds and a huge slaughter of Kurds in the late 80s, barbaric torture, and every other ugly crime you can imagine. These are at the top of the list of terrible crimes for which he is now condemned, rightly. It's useful to ask how frequently the impassioned denunciations and eloquent expressions of outrage are accompanied by three little words: "with our help."
Noam Chomsky
Professor of Linguistics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No sane person wants military conflict of any description, but equally no sane person can ignore the reality that if you leave threats unaddressed, they don't get better, they don't just disappear with the effluxion of time.
John Howard
Australian Prime Minister
There are too many crucial issues that require deeper examination than they have had so far.
The New York Times
It's not for us to appear that we are urging war.
Shimon Peres
Israeli Foreign Minister
I criticize leaders for keeping quiet when one country wants to bully the whole world.
Nelson Mandela
An operation not based on international law cannot be accepted.
Tacan Ildem
Turkish Presidential Spokesman
We have to disarm Iraq, and the president is quite willing to do whatever is necessary to bring that about.
Colin Powell
US Secretary of State
In a rush to launch a first strike, we risk destabilizing the Middle East and setting an international precedent that could come back to haunt us all.
Barbara Lee
US Representative
We are dealing with an extremely dangerous man who has been gassing his own people and I want to see any force backed by the UN.
Michael Fallon
British Member of Parliament
Mr. Bush is speaking into a void.
Le Monde
The Security Council should be able to render Iraq harmless by exercising all possible peaceful options.
Asahi Shimbun
We want the Iraqi government to accept the resolution at the UN. They have to comply. If they don't comply, there will be grave consequences for Saddam Hussein.
Jean Chretien
Canadian Prime Minister
Hussein is a dangerous dictator who has used chemical and biological weapons on his own people. But the White House has not yet provided a persuasive reason why he merits a one-on-one war with the United States, while the rest of the world, Britain possibly excepted, waits on the sidelines.
Los Angeles Times
Now, I'm no psychologist, but I believe there is a clinical term for this condition: going off the deep end.
Arianna Huffington
If the US does not listen to Iraq, it should listen to its friends China, Russia and France. War would be a severe blow to all relationships.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The moment the first missile lands in Baghdad, we will not hesitate to go as far as occupying the American Embassy in Cairo.
Hamdin El-Sabahi
Egyptian Member of Parliament
Folks, I know President Bush, and I know Vice-President Cheney. Both are men of faith, dignity and an absolute unwavering devotion to our country's best interest. They are committed to protecting all Americans, and they would never consider using our military men and women as political pawns.
Trent Lott
US Senate Majority Leader
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