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 […]
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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 […]
3/17/2003
“In a speech to the nation on the Monday evening of March 17, 2003, [President] Bush said that ‘Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 135 […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “Jay Garner, the retired American general designated by the Pentagon to be the point man in supervising Iraq in the immediate aftermath of war, arrived in Kuwait, where a staff of veteran diplomats and military officers was already at work, laying the groundwork for an occupation.” – Todd S. Purdum and […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said that any attack by the United States on Iraq without a further resolution would be a violation of the UN charter.” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 282 […]
3/17/2003
Former President George W. Bush wrote: on March 17, 2003, “Ambassador John Negroponte withdrew the second resolution [on Iraq] at the UN. That night, I addressed the nation from the Cross Hall of the White House. ‘The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours,’ I […]