"Regarding limitations placed on the Iraqi military during[the crushing of post-Gulf War uprisings in 1991],Hussein asked, 'What do you mean by limits?'Hussein denied that the Geneva conventionapplied to this situation, claiming it only ap-plied to wars." – March 13, 2004 FBI interrogation of Saddam Hussein
Great Minds
"I ... determine that none of the provisions of Genevaapply to our conflict with al-Qaida in Afghanistan orelsewhere throughout the world ... I determine thatthe Taliban detainees are unlawful combatantsand, therefore, do not qualify as prisonersof war under Article 4 of Geneva."– George W. Bush, February 7, 2002
This Sounds Familiar, Too
"Hussein reiterated a previous statement to theinterviewers that Iraq was asked by the Kuwaitipeople to invade their country in orderto remove the Kuwaiti leadership."
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