June 2004God is my judge“The calculated humiliation of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad over the past six months has damaged the Bush Administration's attempts to portray the US Army as a liberating force. What is worse, men and women from a nation claiming to be civilised have shown they are just as capable of the barbarism that characterised Saddam's Baathist regime.... Occupying forces must do better.” – Tom Frame, Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force. In an article asking “God's forgiveness for [his] complicity in creating a world in which this sort of action was ever considered by anyone to be necessary.” 21 June 2004.
Benevolent authoritarianism“Sensible people looking at the situation in the Middle East know there needs to be reform and change. Now, that's not for us to dictate to people, but it is for us to help them get there.” – British PM Tony Blair. About US President George Bush's Middle East stabilization plan. 9 June 2004.
The Light Brigade“Iraq and the worries over Iraq have been a shadow over our support, but in the end you have to take decisions that are right and you have to see them through.” – British PM Tony Blair. Responding to a question on Iraq after polls for local and European elections closed. 10 June 2004.
Now let's all be pleasant“It means full sovereignty for Iraq. It means a new age in hopefully very pleasant Iraqi history.” – Ghazi al-Yawar, Iraqi President appointed by IGC, members of which appointed by CPA, itself appointed by US government. After the UN Security Council passed a resolution to transfer power from US-led occupation forces to an interim Iraqi government. 8 June 2004.
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