After voting for the use-of-force resolution in Iraq, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) said, on October 9, 2002: ” ‘When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat, to our security and that of our allies in the Persian Gulf region.’ ”
– Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 383-384