In a speech that the moderate-conservative Republican and former U.S. Secretary of State did last night at the University of Texas. From The Daily Texan: "Two days before the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War [on March 20, 2003], a
conflict that resulted in the deaths of 4,488 U.S. soldiers and
thousands of civilians, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
reaffirmed her support for the war and the ouster of former President
Saddam Hussein. 'I would have overthrown Saddam Hussein again,” Rice said to a packed house at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium on Monday."
More: "Rice said Monday that Hussein was a 'cancer in the Middle East' that
needed to be removed from the region, despite the lack of discovered
WMDs and the deaths that resulted from the conflict. 'It is absolutely the case that the loss of lives will never be
brought back and any of us who had a part in that decision will have to
live with the lost and maimed lives,' Rice said. 'But, nothing of value
ever comes without sacrifice and I believe that Iraq has a chance. It
may not make it, but it has a chance to be a state that will not seek
weapons of mass destruction, will not invade its neighbors, will be a
friend of the United States and will have democratic institutions that
may, over time, mature.'"
Condoleezza Rice Reaffirms Iraq War Support On The Eve Of 10th Anniversary
