if you believe that [insert wildly estimated figure here] iraqis suffered under the sanctions (which i'm not sure that i do)... how many palaces were you going to let saddam build for himself before the blame shifted to him?
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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