In their own words...
"[Saddam's] regime has the design for a nuclear weapon, was working on several different methods of enriching uranium, and recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
- Donald Rumsfeld, 1.29.2003
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
- George Bush, 2003 SOTU Address
"And the reason we had to do Iraq, if you hark back and think about that link between the terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, Iraq was the place where we were most fearful that that was most likely to occur, because in Iraq we've had a government -- not only was it one of the worst dictatorships in modern times, but had oftentimes hosted terrorists in the past . . . but also an established relationship with the al Qaeda organization . . . ."
- Dick Cheney, 10.3.2003
"Today the world is also uniting to answer the unique and urgent threat posed by Iraq."
- George Bush, 11.20.2002
"This word imminent keeps coming up. [George Bush] never said that there was an imminent threat."
- Paul Wolfowitz, 02.06.2004
"There's a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."
- Paul Wolfowitz, 03.27.2003
“The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid.”
- Mitch Daniels, 04.21.2003
“I don’t know that there is much reconstruction to do.”
- Donald Rumsfeld, 04.11.2003
"A year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after [George] Bush."
- Richard Perle, 09.22.2003
"Today, no nation can possibly claim that Iraq has disarmed. And it will not disarm so long as Saddam Hussein holds power."
- George Bush, Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, 03.18.2003
"It is also possible that [the Iraqis] decided they would destroy [their weapons of mass destruction] prior to a conflict."
- Donald Rumsfeld, 05.27.2003
- Donald Rumsfeld, 1.29.2003
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
- George Bush, 2003 SOTU Address
"And the reason we had to do Iraq, if you hark back and think about that link between the terrorists and weapons of mass destruction, Iraq was the place where we were most fearful that that was most likely to occur, because in Iraq we've had a government -- not only was it one of the worst dictatorships in modern times, but had oftentimes hosted terrorists in the past . . . but also an established relationship with the al Qaeda organization . . . ."
- Dick Cheney, 10.3.2003
"Today the world is also uniting to answer the unique and urgent threat posed by Iraq."
- George Bush, 11.20.2002
"This word imminent keeps coming up. [George Bush] never said that there was an imminent threat."
- Paul Wolfowitz, 02.06.2004
"There's a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."
- Paul Wolfowitz, 03.27.2003
“The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid.”
- Mitch Daniels, 04.21.2003
“I don’t know that there is much reconstruction to do.”
- Donald Rumsfeld, 04.11.2003
"A year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after [George] Bush."
- Richard Perle, 09.22.2003
"Today, no nation can possibly claim that Iraq has disarmed. And it will not disarm so long as Saddam Hussein holds power."
- George Bush, Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, 03.18.2003
"It is also possible that [the Iraqis] decided they would destroy [their weapons of mass destruction] prior to a conflict."
- Donald Rumsfeld, 05.27.2003
posted by Michael at 12:44 PM
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