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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Sully- who wrote (36468)1/28/2004 1:59:24 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
And that support for Saddam continued through the decade. Here are some comments made in 1990:

<<< ... Senator Howard Metzenbaum (DOH) visited Saddam in April 1990 to inform the dictator that "I am now aware that you are a strong and intelligent man, and that you want peace." Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) on the same trip was little better: "I believe that your problems lie with the Western media and not with the U.S. government."

Republican Senator Robert Dole, when he spoke with Saddam in April 1990, apologized for criticism of Hussein on the Voice of America, then returned to tell George Bush that the dictator was "a leader to whom the United States can talk" ... >>>

thenewamerican.com

Tom
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