It gives us long-term leverage. We're not going to tolerate Saddam Hussein or his regime. Attacks on Iraqi oil facilities resulted in a similar combination of military and civilian effects. Air Force sources said the allies dropped about 1,200 tons of explosives in 518 sorties against 28 oil targets. He acknowledged it had identical effects on civilian society.
War's the problem.
It's not how we fought it or didn't fight it. I think war's the disaster. Staff writer R. Jeffrey Smith contributed to this report.