"Now, lets imagine the future. What if he [Saddam] fails to comply and we fail to act or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction? Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And someday, some way, I guarantee you, he will use the arsenal."
Now a quote from Madeleine Halfbright February 19, 1998: "I can honestly tell you that I dont think that the world has seen, except maybe since Hitler, someone who is quite as evil as Saddam Hussein. ...If you dont stop a horrific dictator before he gets started too far - that he can do untold damage. ...If the world had been firmer with Hitler earlier, then chances are that we might not have needed to send Americans to Europe during the Second World War. So, my lesson out of all of this is deal with the problem at the time that you can and dont step away from it thinking that itll go away."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/839756/posts
I had seen the Clinton quote, but not the one from Halfbright. Thanks.