When asked if he would “take action against Iraq unilaterally,” President George W. Bush stated: “One of the things I’ve said to our friends is that we will consult, that we will share our views of how to make the world more safe. In regards to Iraq, we’re doing just that. Every world leader that comes to see me, I explain our concerns about a nation which is not conforming to agreements that it made in the past; a nation which has gassed her people in the past; a nation which has weapons of mass destruction and apparently is not afraid to use them. And so one of the — what the Vice President is doing is he’s reminding people about this danger, and that we need to work in concert to confront this danger. Again, all options are on the table, and — but one thing I will not allow is a nation such as Iraq to threaten our very future by developing weapons of mass destruction. They’ve agreed not to have those weapons; they ought to conform to their agreement, comply with their agreement.”
– Transcript, “President Bush Holds Press Conference,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 7/7/2016