The forum on Wednesday afternoon contained relatively few College students and a large number of people formerly or currently affiliated with the military. Several members of the audience asked Shelton to defend controversial national policies.
For example, some audience members criticized current economic sanctions against Iraq that they said have caused millions of deaths without weakening Saddam Hussein's popular support.
Shelton responded that the sanctions had not ousted Hussein from power but had succeeded in weakening his military capabilities.
"We feel for the Iraqi people under a dictator like Saddam," he said. "[The sanctions have] prevented him from rebuilding his armed forces...the military's main interest."
Audience members said they enjoyed the speech and appreciated Shelton's intelligence.
Teresa L. Bechtold '02 thought the general inspired confidence.
"[The address] convinced me that he was a very good leader," she said.
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