02-09-2010, 02:02 PM
Her answer in the context of her autobiography:
Quote:"I must have been crazy; I should have answered the question by reframing it and pointing out the inherent flaws in the premise behind it. Saddam Hussein could have prevented any child from suffering simply by meeting his obligations. Instead, I said the following: 'I think this is a very hard choice, but the price, we think, the price is worth it.' As soon as I had spoken, I wished for the power to freeze time and take back those words. My reply had been a terrible mistake, hasty, clumsy, and wrong. Nothing matters more than the lives of innocent people. I had fallen into a trap and said something that I simply did not mean. That is no one's fault but my own." (Madam Secretary, 2003, p. 275)A genocide is a genocide is a genocide.:mad:
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".