In his State of the Union address on January 28, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I will defend the freedom and security of the American people.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 270 […]
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1/28/2003
On January 28, 2003, “President Bush used his State of the Union address to make the case against Iraq to the American people. ‘Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent,’ he said. ‘Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us all on notice before they strike? […]
1/28/2003
“In his January [28] 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush said, ‘Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda.’ ” – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 132 […]
1/28/2003
“In January [28] 2003, President Bush said in his State of the Union speech that the British government had learned that Iraq ‘had recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’ Two months later, U.S. and allied troops invaded Iraq. Paul Pillar, who retired last year after 30 years at the CIA, said that the […]
1/28/2003
In his State of the Union Address on January 28, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘More than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let’s put it this way: They are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.’ ” – […]
1/28/2003
In President Bush’s State of The Union Address on January 28, 2003, “The nation was told that Saddam had purchased enrichment technology and that he was seeking supplies of uranium ore in Africa. And the administration was seemingly immune to any feeling of embarrassment or contrition when the evidence they offered to support both assertions […]
1/28/2003
“Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, argued that the Bush Administration should take military action against Iraq, but not in the name of preempting Iraqi threats. Rather, Biden insisted, the war should be understood as an enforcement action to protect the standing of the [UN] Security Council–specifically, […]
1/28/2003
“Officially committing the nation to the longstanding tenet of neoconservative thought, [President] Bush declared [during the January 28, 2003, State of the Union Address] that ‘the United States of America will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons.’ ” – Eugene Jarecki, The American Way of […]
1/28/2003
“[A]llegations by the President [Bush] himself in his State of the Union address [on January 28, 2003] that Saddam had ‘sought significant quantities of uranium’ and White House officials that Iraq ‘could launch a biological or chemical attack in 45 minutes,’ were known by the administration to be false.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For […]
1/28/2003
In his State of the Union address on January 28, 2003, President Bush “claimed that Saddam was flouting the new UN inspections. …He claimed Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs–information he said the United States knew ‘from three defectors.’ …Bush said, ‘The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium […]