Weapons Of Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 10

• I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein... Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Mass Destruction, Years, Iraq

  "Pelosi: Unilateral Use of Force Will Be Harmful to the War on Terrorism". Nancy Pelosi's address to the US House of Representatives, pelosi.house.gov. October 10, 2002.

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• Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its will. He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. And some day, some way, I am certain, he will use that arsenal again, as he has ten times since 1983.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.

  Dick Cheney

  Stupid, Mean, Mass Destruction

  Dick Cheney's speech for Bush-Cheney '04 in Austin, Texas, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. November 7, 2003.

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• I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are.

  Ari Fleischer

  Stupid, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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• For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Eight, Mass Destruction

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• Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.

  Richard Armitage

  Mean, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• Our President feels, and apparently many in the United Nations Security Council feel, that it is necessary to disarm Iraq before Iraq can again use weapons of mass destruction on her neighbors or she makes some liaison with terrorists who will use these weapons either against Iraq's neighbors or ourselves.

  Richard Armitage

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, President

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• Well, I think finding the weapons of mass destruction is going to be quite time consuming. I know we've uncovered some documents, we'll have to exploit them, and we're going to have to blanket a country the size of California and search, I think, quite rigorously, but we'll come up with them.

  Richard Armitage

  Country, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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• What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find the weapons of mass destruction than to see a mushroom cloud.

  Andrew Greeley

  Clouds, Mass Destruction, Mushrooms

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• But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.

  George W. Bush

  Fall, Mass Destruction, Hands

  "Decision Points". Book by George W. Bush, books.google.ru. November 10, 2010.

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• I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.

  Colin Powell

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the word economy. I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.

  Alan Greenspan

  War, Mass Destruction, Oil

  "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World". Book by Alan Greenspan, 2007.

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• There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of false propaganda about Iraq as a base for Al Qaeda.

  Jimmy Carter

  Mass Destruction, Tyrants, Iraq

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• We should be hell bent on getting those weapons of mass destruction, hell bent on having a credible approach to them, but we should try to do it in a way which keeps the world together and that achieves our goal which is removing the... defanging Saddam.

  Carl Levin

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Goal

  "Senators Richard Lugar and Carl Levin Discuss Next Moves in Iraq". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. December 10, 2002.

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• We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and had links to terrorists.

  Frank Carlucci

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Trying

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• Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction

  Jack Straw

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Technology, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Iraq, Mass Destruction, People

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• Bombs take hours or days to reach every corner of the earth. Words arrive instantly and kill more people. They are a weapon of mass destruction.

  Haim Harari

  Mass Destruction, Israel, People

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• There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians.

  Curt Weldon

  Mass Destruction, People, Doubt

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• Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Years, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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• Americans need to understand that they have lost their country. The rest of the world needs to recognize that Washington is not merely the most complete police state since Stalinism, but also a threat to the entire world. The hubris and arrogance of Washington, combined with Washington's huge supply of weapons of mass destruction, make Washington the greatest threat that has ever existed to all life on the planet. Washington is the enemy of all humanity.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Life, Country, Mass Destruction

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• The presidents poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesnt disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.

  Brit Hume

  Fun, Mass Destruction, People

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• Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession of nuclear weapons in addition to the weapons of mass destruction he already has, he is likely to use them or share them with terrorists. The threat of mass death on a scale never before seen residing in the hands of an unstable madman is intolerable – and must be preempted.

  Charles Krauthammer

  War, Mass Destruction, Hands

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