Joe Lieberman: Saddam's capture saved hundreds of thousands of lives
CAMBRIDGE -- Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said Monday that the capture of Saddam Hussein will potentially save hundreds of thousands of American lives.
"The truth is, with Saddam Hussein gone, I believe we have saved the lives of thousands, maybe tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of Americans, who eventually he would have brought to death," he said.
Lieberman was interviewed on Chris Matthews' MSNBC show "Hardball," as part of a series of weekly interviews of Democratic candidates broadcast live from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The Connecticut senator, criticized by some Democrats for his pro-war stance, said that Saddam was a "ticking time-bomb" who could have brought more terror attacks to American shores.
"I believe I know evil. This guy was evil. I worried that the time would come that if we didn't knock him down, kick him out, that he would sponsor some horrific act against the American people, like Sept. 11," he said.
He said he supports a trial, preferably by Iraqis, and he also supports putting Saddam to death.
Lieberman said that before the war he saw extensive evidence that linked Saddam to terrorist groups. President Bush has also said Saddam had ties to al-Qaida terrorists, but that there is no evidence linking Saddam to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Great job holy Joe link Saddam to al-Qaida and Sept 11 and try to pretend that Saddam was basically Osama.