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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

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I don’t need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I’d much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
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Men Powerful Real
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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Members Privileged Suffering
Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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Difficult Interview
What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
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Country Different Media Told Years
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
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Away Law Rights Walking
I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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Want Wears Women
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
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Government Justice People War
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Country Government Thinking
Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
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Hippie Liberty Needs
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Believe Genocide Ongoing
George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

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