صدام حسين كان سيزداد جرأة بفضل إخفاقنا في اتخاذ إجراء؛ وكان كل ديكتاتور سيتشجع على أن يحذو حذوه؛ وكانت سلطة الأمم المتحدة ستضعف بشكل خطير.
The answer to each of those questions is no. Saddam Hussein would have been emboldened by our failure to act; every dictator would have been encouraged to follow his example; and the authority of this United Nations would have been gravely weakened.