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Condemnation Not Celebration
| By CAP Action War Room
Saddam Hussein’s Reign of Terror Demands Unequivocal Condemnation, Not Trump’s Praise
Donald Trump’s dangerous ignorance was exposed again on Tuesday night when he praised Saddam Hussein for being tough on terrorists. The truth is that Saddam was a state sponsor of terrorism who paid $35 million to the families of suicide bombers and provided sanctuary to numerous terrorists, including one who bombed two U.S. airliners. Saddam’s reign of terror must be condemned—not praised—by anyone seeking the presidency.
Trump has attempted to minimize the horrors of Saddam Hussein’s regime before. In October 2015, he claimed that the regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons that killed tens of thousands was merely “throw[ing] a little gas.” Trump’s latest comments, however, have sparked more outrage than his earlier pro-Saddam statements. In a speech Tuesday night, Trump said that “[Saddam] killed terrorists. He did that so good.” No, actually, he didn’t.
Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a designated State Sponsor of Terrorism from 1990-2003. Iraqi intelligence agents were directly implicated in the assassination attempt on former President George H.W. Bush in 1993. Iraq gave sanctuary to numerous terrorists and terrorist groups, including the head of the May 15 Organization, who attacked two Pan Am airliners during the 1980s. Beginning in 2000, Hussein began a program pay the families of suicide bombers, ultimately distributing $35 million during the Palestinian uprising that saw 117 suicide attacks kill nearly 500 people.
BOTTOM LINE: The Iraq War was a horrific mistake that has took tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives, cost trillions of dollars, and destabilized the entire region. None of that changes the fact that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a state sponsor of terrorism that supported terrorist groups across the Middle East. With model’s like Saddam Hussein, it is truly frightening to imagine what America would look like under a President Donald Trump.
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Standing Together to Stop the Violence
Vice President Biden: “This violence has to stop”
This has been a trying week for America.
This has been a trying week for America.
As Americans, we are all wounded by the targeting of the police force in Dallas and the deaths in St. Paul and Baton Rouge.
Now, I know a lot of you might ask, “What can I do?”
You can do a lot—right now, this weekend.
This weekend, it is on each of us to be a visible force in our communities for non-violence. Join together online, in your neighborhood, in your houses of worship, around your kitchen table. For all of you community leaders, use your platforms to heal and unite. Talk and listen, see and hear each other during this moment for our country that requires profound introspection and dialogue. To find helpful resources in your community, visit the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service atwww.justice.gov/CRS.
For if not you, then whom? If not now, then when?
In the days and weeks ahead, we’ll continue offering our thoughts and prayers to provide comfort to the broken-hearted families. But they will only be redeemed by the courage of our actions that honor their memories.
I believe the Dallas Police Department is one of the finest in the nation—and this incredibly diverse city can bridge any divide. To paraphrase Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, let us use our words carefully. Let us act with unity, not division. As Dallas Police Chief David Brown—one of the leading chiefs in America—said, “there are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city, all I know is that this must stop, this divisiveness between our police and our citizens.”
This violence has to stop. It is not normal. And it is not who we are.
So while we’re being tested, we can’t be pulled apart.
We are America, with bonds that hold us together.
We endure, we overcome, we stand together.
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Joe Biden
Vice President of the United States
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