Les Aspin Professions : Former United States Secretary of Defense Born : July 21, 1938 Died : May 21, 1995 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Les Aspin There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous. Les Aspin administration hussein sympathy We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater. Les Aspin damage done should-have Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back. Les Aspin iraq safe long We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help. Les Aspin rebel water mean If you give Congress a chance to vote on both sides of an issue, it will always do it. Les Aspin issues humorous giving Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got. Les Aspin know you done want That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem. Les Aspin go mess problem gone Similar Authors Clark Clifford former-united-states-secretary-of-defense Charles Erwin Wilson former-united-states-secretary-of-defense George C. Marshall former-united-states-secretary-of-defense Frank Carlucci former-united-states-secretary-of-defense Louis A. Johnson former-united-states-secretary-of-defense Neil H. McElroy former-united-states-secretary-of-defense All Authors
