According to CNN on August 26, 2002: “Senator Chuck Hagel [R-NE], who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, said point-blank, ‘Saddam is not in league with al-Qaeda. I have not seen any intelligence that would lead me to connect Saddam Hussein with al-Qaeda.’ ” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 110 […]
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8/26/2002
In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘If the United States could have preempted 9/11, we would have, no question. Should we be able to prevent another, much more devastating attack, we will, no question.’ ” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 71 […]
8/26/2002
On August 26, 2002, during a speech he made in Nashville, Tennessee, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘The Iraqi regime has in fact been very busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents, and they continue to pursue the nuclear program they began so […]
8/26/2002
In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said, regarding the Arab reaction to U.S. presence in Iraq: ” ‘the streets in Basra and Baghdad are *sure to erupt in joy in the same way the throngs in Kabul greeted the Americans.* ‘ “ – Hans […]
8/26/2002
On August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said in an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Nashville, Tennessee: ” ‘Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has the weapons of mass destruction [and] there is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against […]
8/26/2002
“Vice President [Dick] Cheney emphatically shut down the nascent debate [regarding the case to invade Iraq] on August 26 [2002] when he asserted, ‘There is no doubt’ that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, or WMD.” – Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, Page 49 […]
8/26/2002
Vice President Dick “Cheney made the argument in a 26 August 2002 address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. ‘Some concede that Saddam is evil, power-hungry, and a menace–but that, until he crosses the threshold of actually possessing nuclear weapons, we should rule out preemptive action. That logic seems to me to be deeply flawed. […]
8/26/2002
“On August 26 [2002], Vice President [Dick] Cheney had given a speech that [Army Major General James ‘Spider’] Marks believed must have been cleared by U.S. intelligence. ‘Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction,’ Cheney said. ‘There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use […]
8/26/2002
In “a speech Vice President [Dick] Cheney gave to the Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] on August 26, 2002…he said, ‘Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.’ Later […]
8/26/2002
On August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke before a national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars. ” ‘The Iraqi regime has in fact been very busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents,’ Cheney said. As for the nightmarish prospect of a nuclear-armed Saddam, the vice president declared, ‘We […]