“A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.”
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First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
