In a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 7, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘While there are many dangers in the world, the threat from Iraq stands alone–because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place. Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant who had already used chemical weapons to kill thousands of people. This same tyrant has tried to dominate the Middle East, has invaded and brutally occupied a small neighbor, has struck other nations without warning, and holds an unrelenting hostility toward the United States. By its past and present actions, by its technological capabilities, by the merciless nature of its regime, Iraq is unique.’ ”
– Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 73