It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait. Douglas Feith More Quotes by Douglas Feith More Quotes From Douglas Feith The Obama administration has tended to downplay, to belittle, the ideological importance of the problem, you can't explain away the terrorism problem as a matter of economic and political frustration. Douglas Feith politics The risks, of course, are that if you do it badly then you can make a situation worse. Douglas Feith politics I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction. Douglas Feith about concerned destruction weapons I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet. Douglas Feith getting about concerned feet I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot. Douglas Feith thought reading war world No, the United States does not target civilians. Douglas Feith does united target united-states Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions. Douglas Feith public though actions peace Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace. Douglas Feith opposite divorce different peace There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. Douglas Feith decade more back government They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons. Douglas Feith chemical making intelligence training Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security. Douglas Feith free freedom community power Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs. Douglas Feith alone military america world We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq. Douglas Feith friends wind war world We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq. Douglas Feith necessary event support war I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy. Douglas Feith out anything think diplomacy There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications. Douglas Feith improve need things done If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions. Douglas Feith pictures you night life We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria. Douglas Feith activities know syria important If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region. Douglas Feith will government peace country I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable. Douglas Feith i-think think inevitable iraq