Weapons Of Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 4

• Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.

  James Nachtwey

  Animal, Mass Destruction, People

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• Iraq was only the latest in a succession of countries. Earlier, there was Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, Granada, Panama. But this time it wasn't just your ordinary brand of friendly neighborhood frenzy. It was frenzy with a purpose. It ushered in an old doctrine in a new bottle: the doctrine of preemptive strike, also known as the United States can do whatever the hell it wants, and that's official. The war against Iraq has been fought and won, and no weapons of mass destruction have been found, not even a little one.

  Arundhati Roy

  Country, War, Iraq

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I mean there is no capital requirements to it or anything of the sort. And basically, I said there were possibly financial weapons of mass destruction, and they had them. They destroyed AIG. They certainly contributed to the destruction of Bear Sterns and Lehman. Although Lehman had other problems, too.

  Warren Buffett

  Mean, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have.

  Donald Trump

  Running, Believe, Two

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• The real issue of dealing with proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical or biological is: What is your tolerance for risk? And my tolerance for risk for WMD proliferation is pretty close to zero. Because otherwise, we and our allies are at the mercy of regimes like Ahmadinejad and the mullahs in Tehran, or Kim Jong Il and the Hitler-in-the-bunker mentality in Pyongyang, or others who don't share our calculus on the value of human life.

  John Bolton

  Zero, Real, Issues

  Source: humanevents.com

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• If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.

  Edward Kennedy

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Israel

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• Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

  Tom Daschle

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Wmd

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• The biggest weapon of mass destruction in history is the AK-47, not Iranian nuclear weapons.

  Guy Lawson

  Mass Destruction, Ak 47, Nuclear

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The intelligence community was absolutely uniform and uniformly wrong about the existence of weapons of mass destruction (in Iraq).

  Laurence Silberman

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Community

  Bush and Co-Chairs of the Commission on Intelligence Capabilities Press Conference, www.washingtonpost.com. March 31, 2005.

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• The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent

  Phillip Adams

  Mass Destruction, People, September 11

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• I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

  Joni Ernst

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "Iowa GOP Senate Candidate Still Believes There Were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq" by Patricl Caldwell, www.motherjones.com. May 12, 2014.

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• Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

  John Bolton

  Struggle, Mass Destruction, Half

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• Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Mass Destruction, Weapons, States

  "If the EU Doesn't Want Us, They Should Say it Now". Der Spiegel interview, www.nytimes.com. April 16, 2007.

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• I believe the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction presents the greatest threat that the world has ever known. We are finding more and more countries who are acquiring technology - not only missile technology - and are developing chemical weapons and biological weapons capabilities to be used in theater and also on a long range basis. So I think that is perhaps the greatest threat that any of us will face in the coming years.

  William Cohen

  Country, Believe, Technology

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• It's a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the U.S. is behaving badly. Why are they not seeking to confiscate weapons of mass destruction from their ally Israel? This is just an excuse to get Iraq's oil.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mass Destruction, Israel, Oil

  Iraq War speech, January 29, 2003.

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• I worry most about proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in such a way that they could be acquired by non-governmental organizations, like terrorist groups, especially the radical groups. When a nation state has a nuclear weapon, it's a little bit easier to control the use of it, but for non-governmental groups it's much more difficult.

  James L. Jones

  Mass Destruction, Organization, Worry

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence, an obligation to guarantee that Saddam Hussein cannot ignore the United Nations. He cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.

  John F. Kerry

  Mass Destruction, Guarantees That, Hussein

  John F. Kerry's Speech to the floor of the Senate, Congressional Record, November 9, 1997.

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• It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.

  Shinzo Abe

  Peace, Loss, Mass Destruction

  "Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS" by Stephen Kalin, www.reuters.com. January 17, 2015.

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• The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is clear that Iran is cynically manipulating gullible (or equally cynical) Europeans to advance its development of weapons of mass destruction.

  John Bolton

  Mass Destruction, Iran, Cynical

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• Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.

  Richard Myers

  Iraq, Numbers, Wmd

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• There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

  Charles Rangel

  Mass Destruction, September 11, Hussein

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• Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  People, Goal, Destruction

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement.

  Scott Ritter

  Technology, Mass Destruction, White

  "Fox News Interviews Scott Ritter". Interview with David Asman, www.foxnews.com. September 13, 2002.

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• Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

  Scott Ritter

  Mass Destruction, People, Needs

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• I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world.

  George Voinovich

  Children, Mass Destruction, Bully

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