Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ross also voiced skepticism about drawing a line between "rewarding" Saddam and "saving face" for him, which we considered necessary to ensure Iraq's exit from Kuwait...
...morning of Oct. 19, we were received in the White House by the President. Also present were Baker, Scowcroft, head of the White House staff John Sununu, and other close aides of the President. Bush asked whether it was really possible to interpret Saddam's contention that he was a "realist" as a sign of his readiness to get out of Kuwait. The President displayed a keen interest in the psychological characteristics of Saddam and in the history of my relations with him. Bush asked many specific questions, and he took notes. It was obvious that some of my observations...
...whole, it seemed that Bush was still hesitating whether or not to make the final decision for a military strike against Iraq. He did not rule out and actually spoke in favor of our holding a second meeting with Saddam. But he stressed that it must have a limited focus: "to inform Saddam about the uncompromising position of the U.S." However, and this too was quite typical, Bush immediately added, "If a positive signal should come from Saddam, it will be heard...
...allowed no one to interrupt her monologue, in which she outlined in a most condensed way a position that was gaining greater momentum: not to limit things to a withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait but to inflict a devastating blow at Iraq, "to break the back" of Saddam and destroy the entire military, and perhaps industrial, potential of that country...
...Thatcher did not mince any words. No one should interfere with this objective, she declared. Saddam should not have even the shadow of a doubt that the world community would step back. It would achieve its objectives. No one should even try to ward off the blow against the Saddam regime...