I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas.

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.

Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11.

I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him. The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the better to target those guns.

Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.

Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate.