“On September 19 [2002], he [President Bush] met behind closed doors with nearly a dozen House members from both parties at the White House, and Representative Howard Berman, a California Democrat, asked if [budget director Mitch] Daniels would be willing to spend the money needed for nation building after Saddam was toppled. ‘Mark my words–yes, […]
9/19/2002
“In early September [19, 2002] he [President Bush] told members of Congress that he considered Saddam a greater menace than al Qaeda. ‘The war on terror is going okay,’ he said. ‘We are hunting down al Qaeda one by one. The biggest threat, however, is Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction.’ “ – […]
9/19/2002
At the UN on September 19, 2002, “Iraq’s foreign minister, Naji Sabri, read a combative letter from Saddam Hussein, insisting that his country had no weapons of mass destruction and attacking the Bush administration for a ‘cyclone of American accusations and fabricated crises against Iraq.’ ” – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times […]
9/19/2002
In an article on September 19, 2002, “New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman…supports invading Iraq because ‘what the Arab world desperately needs is a model [for democracy] that works–a progressive Arab regime that by its sheer existence would create pressure and inspiration for gradual democratization and modernization around the region.’ “ – Lawrence F. Kaplan […]
9/19/2002
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) said, on September 19, 2002: ” ‘…Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.’ ” – Douglas Feith, War and Decision, […]
9/19/2002
In his testimony to the Joint Inquiry Committee on September 19, 2002, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul “Wolfowitz defended the deliberate pace of the deputies committee’s work by arguing that since September 11 hijackers had already entered the United States by July [2001], even if the Bush administration had advanced its plans to support [Northern Alliance […]
9/19/2002
A few hours after meeting with 11 House members on September 19, 2002, “the president [Bush] released the proposed language of a resolution granting him the authority ‘to use all means that he determines to be appropriate, including force’ to deal with the threat posed by Iraq.” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 187 […]
9/19/2002
“On September 19 [2002], the president [Bush] met with 11 House members in the Cabinet Room. ‘The war on terrorism is going okay; we are hunting down al Qaeda one-by-one,’ Bush began. ‘The biggest threat, however, is Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction. He can blow up Israel and that can trigger an […]
9/19/2002
Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee on September 19, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said: ” ‘No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people than the regime of Saddam Hussein.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 25 […]
9/18/2002
From information in General Richard Myers’ testimony to the House Armed Services Committee on September 18, 2002: “Iraq was the only nation in the world that was attacking the U.S. military on a daily basis–in fact, more than two thousand times from January 2000 to September 2002.” – Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown, Page 418 […]