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 […]
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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 […]
8/26/2002
Vice President Dick Cheney gave a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 26, 2002. In discussing Saddam’s WMD threat: ” ‘The risks of inaction are far greater than the risk of action,’ Cheney emphasized in his speech. Cheney declared that Iraq had ‘been enhancing its capabilities in the field […]
8/26/2002
On August 26, 2002, “major newspapers carried front-page stories that White House lawyers had ruled international law allowed the U.S. administration to topple Saddam, based on his violations of the accords ending Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 Gulf War.” – Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty, Page 279 […]
8/26/2002
In his speech to the 103rd National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said, once Iraq acquired weapons of mass destruction: ” ‘Saddam Hussein could then be expected to seek domination of the entire Middle East, take control of a great portion of the world’s […]