Iraq Quotes - Page 6

• My answer is bring them on.

  George W. Bush

  Stupid, Ems, Answers

  George W. Bush's announcement the Coordinator for International HIV/AIDS Assistance, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. July 2, 2003.

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• I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are.

  Ari Fleischer

  Stupid, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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• Heavy as they are, the costs of action must be weighed against the price of inaction. If Saddam defies the world and we fail to respond, we will face a far greater threat in the future. Saddam will strike again at his neighbors; he will make war on his own people. And mark my words, he will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them.

  William J. Clinton

  War, Mass Destruction, People

  "Transcript: President Clinton explains Iraq strike". www.cnn.com.

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• If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.

  Ari Fleischer

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Hussein

  "White House Awaits Iraqi Report With Skepticism". "CNN Live On Location", www.cnn.com. December 2, 2002.

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• We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

  Ari Fleischer

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "State of Denial". Book by Bob Woodward, October 2, 2006.

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• Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.

  Ari Fleischer

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

  Dick Cheney

  Believe, Nuclear, Invasion

  "Did Bush Administration Deliberately Lie About Iraq's WMD?". "NEWS FROM CNN" with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. July 9, 2003.

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• It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.

  Adam Schiff

  Wisdom, War, World

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• Saddam's existing biological and chemical weapons capabilities pose a very real threat to America, now. Saddam has used chemical weapons before, both against Iraq's enemies and against his own people. He is working to develop delivery systems like missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles that could bring these deadly weapons against U.S. forces and U.S. facilities in the Middle East.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits.

  Timothy J. Russert

  Country, Cutting, Order

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• The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Facts, Disaster, Significant

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• A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

  Douglas Hurd

  Spurs, Might, Democratic

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• I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.

  Juan Cole

  War, Administration, Underestimate

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• Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

  Peter DeFazio

  Tired, Majority, Terrorist

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• I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

  Douglas J. Feith

  Thinking, Inevitable, Disarmament

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• Things are difficult enough about Iraq without the Federal Government suppressing the truth about Iraq.

  Jay Inslee

  Government, Enough, Difficult

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• It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Europe, Divided

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• We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

  Douglas Hurd

  War, Germany, Britain

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• What if [Saddam] fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction? ... Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.

  William J. Clinton

  Opportunity, Mass Destruction, Giving

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.233, Best Books on

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• Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

  Madeleine Albright

  Mass Destruction, Wmd, Goal

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• Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Equality, Land, America

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• I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Liberty, Interest

  George W. Bush during Presidential Debate at the University of Miami Convocation Center in Coral Gables, Florida, www.washingtonpost.com. September 30, 2004.

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• I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Consistent, Position

  Dick Cheney during Vice-Presidential Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

  Roald Dahl

  Egypt, Flying, Desert

  Roald Dahl (2008). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Sake, Dominance, Conflict

  "No Kidding". www.washingtonpost.com. January 27, 2003.

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