萨达姆对布什总统在五角大楼的讲话理所当然地作出了破口大骂的反应:“你,美国总统,是对你人民的撒谎……你一定会被打败的。”不过萨达姆并不是亲自发表演讲,它是通过“公开信”的形式在伊拉克电视台由播音员宣读的。我们在作战室里聚精会神地倾听着这位伊拉克总统对我们部队发出的威胁:“被你们赶进黑暗的隧道里的成千上万名美国士兵将躺在 Saddam Hussein made a cursory response to President Bush’s speech at the Pentagon: “You, the president of the United States, is a lie to your people ... You will certainly be defeated.” But Saddam Hussein did not personally address him. It was read by broadcasters on Iraqi television in the form of “open letters.” We are intent in the war room to listen to the Iraqi President’s threats to our forces: "Thousands of American soldiers who have been driven into the dark tunnel by you will lie