Speaking to congressional leaders on September 4, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is a serious threat to the United States, to his neighbors, and to the people who disagree with him inside Iraq… Doing nothing is not an option and I hope Congress agrees.’ He added that he planned to press the United Nations to sign on as well. ‘Saddam Hussein has stiffed the United Nations Security Council,’ Bush said. ‘He sidestepped, he crawfished. He has no intention to comply. If the UN wants to be relevant, they need to do something about it. The fact that the world has not dealt with him has created a bigger monster.’ ”
– Peter Baker, Days of Fire, Page 214