On March 17, 2003, President Bush 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.’ …Bush issued an ultimatum: Saddam and his two sons would have to leave Iraq within forty-eight hours, or there would […]
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3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, President Bush “ordered Saddam to leave Iraq within forty-eight hours or face an attack. ‘Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation,’ he had the audacity to add, ‘the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it.’ “ – Julian […]
3/16/2003
On March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press and “told [host] Tim Russert that Saddam was hoarding unconventional weapons and had ‘a long-standing relationship’ with al-Qaeda. Cheney dismissed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s finding that Saddam had not revived its nuclear weapons program. ‘We believe,’ Cheney said, ‘he has, in […]
3/16/2003
In a March 16, 2003, appearance on Meet the Press, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘We’re now faced with a situation, especially in the aftermath of 9/11, where the threat to the United States is increasing. And over time, given Saddam’s posture there, given the fact that he has a significant flow of cash […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said, regarding the invasion of Iraq: ” ‘My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. …I think it will go relatively quickly, [in] weeks rather than months.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush […]
3/16/2003
On March 16, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘The dictator of Iraq [Saddam] and his weapons of mass destruction are a threat to the security of free nations.’ ” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 340 […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said the International Atomic Energy Agency, who had recently exposed the Niger documents as forgeries, had ” ‘consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing. …We know [Saddam] has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear […]
3/16/2003
On March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press. ” ‘I think [director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)] Mr. [Mohammed] ElBaradei is wrong,’ Cheney said, accusing the IAEA of having ‘consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever […]
3/16/2003
Regarding Vice President Dick Cheney’s comment on March 16, 2003, on Meet the Press, that Saddam ‘has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons,’ then-chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix wrote: “His declaration was as firm as it was unfounded.” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 8 […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘I think [director of the International Atomic Energy Agency] Mr. [Mohamed] ElBaradei frankly is wrong [in claiming Iraq has not reconstituted a nuclear weapons program]. …And I think if you look at the track record of the International […]