On March 20, 2003, after Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced, Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi television. “He spoke contemptuously of ‘the criminal, junior Bush,’ and told his people, ‘Go, use a sword.’ After a series of rambling denunciations of ‘criminal Zionists and those who have agendas,’ he concluded, ‘God is great and let the losers lose. Let Iraq live. Long live jihad and long live Palestine.’ ”
– Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 111