As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “278. A specially convened [UK] Cabinet at 1600 on 17 March 2003 endorsed the decision that the diplomatic process was now at the end and Saddam Hussein should be give an ultimatum to leave Iraq; and that the House of Commons would be asked […]
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3/17/2003
In his resignation speech on March 17, 2003, House of Commons leader Robin Cook said: “What has come to trouble me most over past weeks is the suspicion that if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way and Al Gore had been elected, we would not now be about to commit British […]
3/17/2003
Realizing that they wouldn’t get enough votes from the UN to pass their resolution to go to war against Iraq, on March 17, 2003, “the United States, Britain, and Spain officially withdrew the second resolution.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 207 […]
3/17/2003
” ‘Unlike Saddam Hussein,’ he [President Bush] said [in a speech on March 17, 2003], ‘we believe the Iraqi people are deserving and capable of human liberty. And when the dictator has departed, they can set an example to all the Middle East of a vital and peaceful and self-governing nation.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “the Department of Homeland Security raised the level of risk to orange, or ‘High,’ after telling Americans to stock up on duct tape as protection against biological or radiological attacks.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 293 […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, President “Bush had the audacity to say, ‘Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 218 […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “In Britain, Robin Cook, a former foreign minister and leader of the Commons, resigned from [Prime Minister Tony] Blair’s cabinet in protest [of the war in Iraq]. ‘In principle, I believe it is wrong to embark on military action without broad international support,’ he said. ‘In practice, I believe it is […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “In France, [foreign minister] Dominique de Villepin declared, ‘We are advancing to war [in Iraq] even though today it is possible to disarm in peace. Is war today really necessary? It is not, because the [weapons] inspections are going ahead on the ground.’ ” – Todd S. Purdum and The New […]
3/17/2003
In President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation on March 17, 2003, stating that Saddam had 48 hours to leave Iraq, he said: “Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “In Washington, Senator [Tom] Daschle, the Democratic leader [from South Dakota], told a gathering of labor union members, ‘I am saddened, saddened that this president [Bush] failed so miserably at diplomacy that we’re now forced to war [against Iraq]. Saddened that we have to give up one life, because this president […]