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SOME HAVE SAID WE MUST NOT ACT
UNTIL THE THREAT IS IMMINENT.
SINCE WHEN HAVE TERRORISTS AND
TYRANTS ANNOUNCED THEIR
INTENTIONS, POLITELY PUTTING US
ON NOTICE BEFORE THEY STRIKE?
IF THIS THREAT IS PERMITTED TO
FULLY AND SUDDENLY EMERGE, ALL
ACTIONS, ALL WORDS, AND ALL
RECRIMINATIONS WOULD COME TOO
LATE.
TRUSTING IN THE SANITY AND
RESTRAINT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IS
NOT A STRATEGY, AND IT IS NOT
AN OPTION.

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THE DICTATOR WHO IS ASSEMBLING
THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS
WEAPONS HAS ALREADY USED THEM
ON WHOLE VILLAGES, LEAVING
THOUSANDS OF HIS OWN CITIZENS
DEAD, BLIND, OR DISFIGURED.
IRAQI REFUGEES TELL US HOW
FORCED CONFESSIONS ARE OBTAINED
, BY TORTURING CHILDREN WHILE
THEIR PARENTS ARE MADE TO
WATCH.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUPS HAVE CATALOGED OTHER
METHODS USED IN THE TORTURE
CHAMBERS OF IRAQ.
ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURNING WITH
HOT IRONS, DRIPPING ACID ON THE
SKIN, MUTILATION WITH ELECTRIC
DRILLS, CUTTING OUT TONGUES,
AND RAPE.
IF THIS IS NOT EVIL, THEN EVIL
HAS NO MEANING.