On March 17, 2003, President “Bush greeted the Senate and House leaders in the Roosevelt Room …He described his [upcoming] speech, the 48-hour ultimatum [for Saddam and his sons to leave Iraq]… ‘The Iraqi generals are war criminals,’ he told them and added a new and significant twist. ‘If Saddam Hussein leaves, we’ll go in […]
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3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “In 2003, for the first time since the Second World War, the United Kingdom took part in an opposed invasion and full-scale occupation of a sovereign State – Iraq. [UK] Cabinet decided on 17 March to join the US-led invasion of Iraq, assuming there was no last-minute […]
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 […]
3/16/2003
Speaking on his son’s television network on March 16, 2003: “Saddam said that Iraq had had weapons of mass destruction in the past but declared that it no longer had any.” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 251 […]
3/16/2003
Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, shortly before the invasion of Iraq. He said: ” ‘I firmly believe…that strong, firm U.S. response to terror and to threats of the United States would go a long way, frankly, toward calming things in that part of the world.’ ” – […]