Wmd Quotes - Page 3

• The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.

  William J. Clinton

  Patriotic, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.235, Best Books on

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• Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Weapons

  Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 12 September 2002, New York, NY

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• I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago - whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.

  David Petraeus

  War, Mean, Mass Destruction

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• I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.

  Dick Gephardt

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Goal

  "Congressional reaction to Iraq resolution is mixed", www.cnn.com. September 20, 2002.

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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, Mass Destruction

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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, People

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• What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use such weapons in the past. Today, a number of evidences may lead to think that, over the past four years, in the absence of international inspectors, this country has continued armament programs.

  Jacques Chirac

  Country, Thinking, Past

  "Interview with French President Jacques Chirac". L'Orient-Le Jour Interview, www.globalpolicy.org. October 16, 2002.

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• U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Weapons

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• So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.

  Colin Powell

  Thinking, Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Colin Powell Response to reports from U.N. weapons inspectors to the U.N. Security Council, edition.cnn.com. March 7, 2003.

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• We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.

  Colin Powell

  Iraq, Mass Destruction, Hussein

  "The Hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction: Weighing the Evidence and Isabel Allende". billmoyers.com. June 13, 2003.

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• Ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. That was the whole idea, right? That‘s why we went. I am reluctant to let that fact disappear down the memory hole, because if — as the war ends, or at least starts to end — if, at this time, the history of the war is written as us going there to topple the regime of a bad man when that frankly isn‘t why were told that we were going there — Aren‘t we still at risk of making this horrific mistake again? And, aren‘t we letting the people who foisted the WMD idea on us, not many years ago, aren‘t we sort of letting them get away with it?

  Rachel Maddow

  Memories, War, Mistake

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", February 27, 2009.

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• The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.

  Oliver Stone

  Iraq, Campaigns, West

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• If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan is that the generals pushed him into a war he didn't want to fight.

  Michael Hastings

  War, Fighting, Iraq

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001 He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, Long, Risk

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• Some people that work for Hot Pockets came to my Denver Paramount Theater show. They brought these hot pocket boxes the size of suit cases for me to sign. I wrote "these are WMD's" on the boxes. The HP people seem to have a good sense of humor about all of it.

  Jim Gaffigan

  People, Pockets, Hot

  Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. May 21, 2007.

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• We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Mass Destruction, Nuclear, Weapons

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• As a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every WMD in the Middle East, and the United States stood against that proposal. This is our conviction and policy.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Government, Middle East, United States

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Israel, Agreement, Land

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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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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• Similarly, the press never tested many of the assumptions about WMDs. One of the great myths about the WMD issue is that everybody believed Iraq had them. Well, that's not true. There were a number of people in the intelligence community and the State Department who were skeptical, and many analysts in the Department of Energy were dubious about Iraq's nuclear capability. There were also people like Scott Ritter who were saying quite accurately what was going on.

  Seymour Hersh

  Iraq, Numbers, Issues

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement

  Barbara Boxer

  War, Commitment, Mass Destruction

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• There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years, and he could have it earlier.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Mass Destruction, Years, Progress

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 13, 2005.

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• John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that the missiles were thrown from an area where the rebels control. This reminds me - what Kerry said - about the big lie that Collin Powell said in front of the world on satellites about the WMD in Iraq before going to war. He said "this is our evidence."

  Bashar al-Assad

  War, Lying, Opposites

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.

  Joe Lieberman

  Pregnancy, United States, Nuclear

  "Fox News Sunday", www.foxnews.com. August 4, 2002.

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• Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

  Jim Jeffords

  Mass Destruction, Order, People

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