In a discussion with the press about the situation with Iraq, President George W. Bush had this to say: “As I said, Saddam Hussein is a menace, he’s still a menace and we need to keep him in check, and will.”
Followed by a question from the press: “Are they ratcheting it up, though? We’ve had a lot of incidents lately.”
President George W. Bush: “No — are they, the Iraqis? He’s been a menace forever, and we will do — he needs to open his country up for inspection, so we can see whether or not he’s developing weapons of mass destruction.”
– Transcript, “Remarks by the President to the Pool,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 6/22/2016