Colin Powell’s prescient warning, ‘If you break it, you own it.’ Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? Darfur: Carrots for a War Criminal
America broke Iraq, and was clearly unprepared for what would happen next. ibid.
I said to him, ‘You killed the Iraqis. You killed the children. You are against God.’
And he said, ‘I’m Saddam. I’m still the President.’ Zero Hour s2e5: Capturing Saddam, Samir, Iraqi-born translator for US forces unit, Discovery 2005
‘Saddam captured. He is in my hands. I want to prove it to the world.’ ibid. Samir
By the early spring of 1991 Saddam had looked beaten. His invasion of Kuwait had been repulsed with almost indecent ease by an American-led coalition. Encourage by the West, the Shia cities of southern Iraq erupted in rebellion against decades of oppression … Estimates between 25,000 and 100,000 dead. ibid.
Coalition troops were now in a war of attrition against an invisible enemy. ibid.
I’m not going to forget that moment the way Saddam looked when we pulled him out. ibid. Samir
I want Saddam to be alive on TV. To show the world. ibid.
‘This war was sold to the American people based on falsehood and lies.’ Political Deception: History is a Lie that No-One Contests III: Iraq: A Veritable Imposture, comment
George Bush changes enemies. Osama bin Laden is replaced by Saddam Hussein. This about-face is the fruit of an incredible manipulation with catastrophic consequences for the world. ibid.
A conventional war in the most unstable region in the world. Ibid
The machinery of lies runs at full throttle for months. ibid.
‘The sales campaign that took place, I would characterize as aggressive deception.’ ibid. comment
In the end the yellow-cake dossier will have a remarkable fate. ibid.
Early 2003: The American government decides to present its great manipulation to the world. ibid.
The night of March 19th the war begins. ibid.