“On August 26 [2002], in Nashville [Tennessee], he [Vice President Dick Cheney] addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars: ‘There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us.’ He added that a […]
8/26/2002
In a speech to the 103rd Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick “Cheney noted the defection of Hussein Kamel, Saddam’s son-in-law, who, after leaving Iraq in 1995, pointed inspectors to a chicken farm where they found evidence of the continuing [WMD] programs. The lesson, said Cheney, is […]
8/26/2002
In a speech to the 103rd Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘Prior to the Gulf War, America’s top intelligence analysts would come to my office in the Defense Department and tell me that Saddam Hussein was at least five or perhaps even ten […]
8/26/2002
In a speech to the 103rd Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 26, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘After his defeat in the Gulf War in 1991, Saddam agreed under UN Security Council Resolution 687 to cease all development of weapons of mass destruction. He agreed to end his nuclear […]
8/26/2002
On CBS Morning News on August 26, 2002, “former secretary of state James Baker, who had carefully assembled the massive coalition for the Gulf War in 1991…[warned] the Bush administration that if it were to attack Saddam, it should not go it alone.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 5 […]
8/26/2002
During an August 26, 2002 speech in Nashville, Tennessee, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vice President Dick Cheney said, regarding the use of U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq: ” ‘a return of inspectors would provide no assurance whatsoever of [Hussein’s] compliance with U.N. resolutions.’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, […]
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 […]
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
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, 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 […]