[PEN-L:36313] re: Punished by their own words

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: re: [PEN-L:36308] Punished by their own words

 if there were any justice in the world, these creepins ( = creep +
cretin) would be forced to work for a living.
Jim

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From: Chris Burford
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Sent: 3/30/2003 10:57 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:36308] Punished by their own words

"Saddam is much weaker than we think he is. He's weaker militarily. We
know
he's got about a third of what he had in 1991. But it's a house of
cards.
He rules by fear because he knows there is no underlying support.
Support
for Saddam, including within his military organisation, will collapse at

the first whiff of gunpowder."

Richard Perle, recently resigned chairman of the Defence Policy Board,
July
11 2002

"I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq
would
be a cakewalk"

Ken Adleman, former US ambassador to UN, Feb 13 2002

"There will be no war - there will be a fairly brief and ruthless
military
intervention. The President will give an order. [The attack] will be
rapid,
accurate and dazzling....It will be greeted by the majority of the Iraqi

people as an emancipation."

Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Jan 28 2003

"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."
Donald Rumsfeld Defence Secretary, February 8

"Like the people of France in the 1940's, they view us as their hoped
for
liberators."

Paul Wolfowitz Deputy US Defence Secretary March 11 2002

"I really do believe we will be greeted as liberators... The read we get
on
the people of Iraq is there is no question but that they want to get rid
of
Saddam Hussein."
Vice President Dick Cheney March 16