In a debate between presidential nominees Al Gore and George Bush at Wake Forest University on October 11, 2000, “Based on the previous [Clinton] administration’s failed attempt at nation building in this case [Somalia] and its inconclusive efforts in Haiti, Bush said, ‘I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation-building. […]
10/11/2000
” ‘I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation building,’ he [Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush] said during a debate with Al Gore, the Democratic candidate [on October 11, 2000]. ‘I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war.’ ” – Thomas E. Ricks, The […]
10/11/2000
“On October 11 [2000], at the second presidential debate of the 2000 election, [presidential hopeful George W.] Bush wins over Arab Americans by saying he’s against the use of secret evidence to prosecute alleged terrorists and that he is against racial profiling of Arab Americans.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page […]
10/11/2000
In the second presidential debate of the 2000 election on October 11, 2000, George W. “Bush dismissed the prospect of toppling Saddam because it smacked of what he called ‘nation building.’ He chided the Clinton administration for not maintaining the multilateral anti-Saddam coalition that his father had built up in the Gulf War.” – Craig […]
10/11/2000
During his second presidential debate with Al Gore on October 11, 2000, George Bush said: ” ‘I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation building… I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow a […]
10/11/2000
“During the 2000 presidential campaign [on October 11, 2000, during the second debate with Democratic nominee Al Gore], [Republican nominee George W.] Bush had called for a ‘humble’ foreign policy, arguing that it was not ‘the role of the United States to go around the world and say this is the way it’s got to […]
10/10/2000
“Documents in the Niger dossier [claiming Iraq sought to purchase yellowcake uranium from Niger] were not just forged, they were full of errors. A letter dated October 10, 2000, was signed by [Niger’s] Minister of Foreign Affairs Allele Elhadj Habibou–even though he had been out of office for more than a decade. Its September 28 […]
10/7/2000
“Documents captured during the [Iraq] war provide evidence that Iraq also took an active role in training terrorists. The regime’s paramilitary organization, the Fedayeen Saddam, opened camps in 1994 to teach paramilitary skills to thousands of volunteers each year. In later years, according to one official Iraqi document captured by U.S. forces after Saddam’s overthrow […]
10/5/2000
In the debate between vice presidential candidates Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney on October 5, 2000, Cheney said, regarding the possibility that Iraq was developing WMD: ” ‘I also think it’s unfortunate that we find ourselves in the position where we don’t know for sure what might be transpiring inside Iraq. I certainly hope he’s […]
10/5/2000
In the debate between vice presidential candidates Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney on October 5, 2000, Cheney said, regarding the possibility that Iraq was developing WMD: ” ‘I also think it’s unfortunate that we find ourselves in the position where we don’t know for sure what might be transpiring inside Iraq. I certainly hope he’s […]