President. a month ago. the world watched in shock and horror as nearly 2 million Iraqi men. women. and children fled their homes and villages in terror to escape Saddam Husseins murderous retribution and violence. Their panic flight into the harsh winter conditions where they faced death. starvation. and diseases is a telling indictment of the brutality of Saddam Hussein and his henchmen. Never in recent history has a refugee tragedy of this magnitude exploded upon the world in so short a period. Who among us can ever forget the pictures night after night on television and in the Nations newspapers of tens of thousands of Kurds on the mountaintops along the TurkishIraqi border? For too long. the United States delayed in coming to the assistance of these refugees. Our desire to bring our troops home quickly from the war clouded our duty to these innocent people. But the plight of starving Kurds touched the conscience of the Nation and the world.
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