Saddam's rape rooms and torture chambers and children's prisons are closed forever. His mass graves will claim no victims.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Bush declares that Saddam Hussein's regime of torture and mass murder has ended.
- In plain terms
- The atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein are now over.
- What can you take from it?
- Regime change is framed as ending human rights abuses.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Did regime change successfully end human rights abuses in Iraq?
Another view
It presents the liberation as complete and permanent despite ongoing instability.
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