Don Brash congratulates US forces over Saddam capture

National Party Leader Don Brash today welcomed the capture by American forces of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, saying it was a lesson to all tyrants that eventually their actions would catch up with them.

"Like the capture and trial of Slobodan Milosevich for his evil deeds in Yugoslavia, this is a demonstration that eventually dictators will have to answer for their activities," said Dr Brash.

"This is the best lesson possible to other would-be dictators. Hopefully the capture will assist the passage to a democratic regime in Iraq and make life easier for people who have already suffered enough.

"It is interesting that while Helen Clark welcomed the capture, her latent anti-Americanism prevented her from praising the American forces for the months of work which went into the capture," Dr Brash said.

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