“On January 29, 2002, President Bush delivered his second State of the Union message. …The president called direct attention to Iraq: ‘Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi Regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime […]
1/29/2002
“Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror,’ said [President] Mr. Bush [in his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002]. ‘The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas […]
1/29/2002
“The second objective outlined by [President] Bush [in his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002] broadened significantly the terms of reference of the ‘war on terror’ as they had been defined by his address to Congress on September 20 [2001]. From now on, Bush declared, U.S. policy would be dedicated to preventing […]
1/29/2002
In his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas […]
1/29/2002
In his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them. We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.’ […]
1/29/2002
“[I]n a further expansion of the ‘war on terrorism’ President Bush [in his January 29, 2002, State of the Union Address] identified an ‘axis of evil’ that includes Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. This is an odd formulation as these nations hardly constitute an axis. Indeed, Iraq and Iran are implacable enemies, having fought a […]
1/29/2002
“Nearly 52 million Americans watched the prime-time speech [State of the Union address] on Tuesday, January 29 [2002]… [President Bush] devoted one sentence to North Korea, one to Iran, and five to Iraq. ‘States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil,’ Bush said, ‘arming to threaten the peace of the world. […]
1/29/2002
“One of the conspicuous facts about 9/11 was the ongoing White House obstruction to an objective investigation of what happened. Initially [as reported on CNN on January 29, 2002,] President Bush ‘asked that only the House and Senate intelligence committees look into the potential breakdowns among federal agencies that could have allowed the terrorist attack […]
1/29/2002
“President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle [D-SD] Tuesday [January 29, 2002] to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN. The request was made at a private meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday morning. Sources said Bush initiated the conversation. He asked that only […]
1/28/2002
“In a [January 28] 2002 interview, Clinton Justice Department official and future attorney general in the Obama administration Eric Holder said [regarding captured enemy combatants], ‘It seems to me that given the way in which they have conducted themselves…they are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention [sic]. They are […]