[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H6788-H6789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            U.N. CREDIBILITY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, tyrants speak only one language, and that is 
the language of raw power. Neville Chamberlain learned that the hard 
way

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when he came back from his meeting with Hitler and proclaimed peace. We 
cannot negotiate, we cannot reason, we cannot expect them to keep their 
word.
  Saddam Hussein has already broken every promise he has made. He broke 
his promise to allow inspections by the United Nations. He broke his 
promise to return hundreds of Kuwaiti civilian prisoners. He broke his 
promise not to use oil revenue to buy weapons, and just about every day 
he breaks his promise not to shoot our planes in the no-fly zones.
  Saddam Hussein is a proven liar, but somebody who orders chemical 
weapons used on his own people is not about to be bothered by a few 
lies. Some on the other side of the aisle, some nations in Europe are 
suggesting that we take him at his word. Somehow we are supposed to 
believe that this time he is telling the truth.
  If the U.N. and the civilized nations of the world have learned 
anything in the past few years, it should be that we cannot believe 
Saddam Hussein. If the U.N. wants to have any credibility at all, it 
should enforce its resolutions that Saddam Hussein has consistently 
violated and authorize decisive action before it is too late.

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