President George W. Bush addressing the future of the War in Iraq: “As a result of the bravery and skill of our Armed Forces and coalition forces, the war on terror is much longer down the road because of what happened in Iraq. You see, the al Qaeda no longer have a ally in the regime in Iraq. Terrorists no longer have a funding source in the regime of Iraq. One thing is for certain: Terrorists will no longer have a source of weapons of mass destruction in the regime that used to be in Iraq, because the regime that used to be in Iraq is no longer.”
– Transcript, “President Discusses National, Economic Security in California,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 7/18/2016