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> From: Owen Byrne <owen AT permafrost.net>
> To: fork AT xent.com
> Subject: [FoRK] The money quote
> Date: 28 Oct 2004 01:13:20 -0300
> 
>  From George's mouth today:
> "and a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the 
> facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief."
> Owen
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/politics/campaign/28bush.html?hp&ex=1099022400&en=6686ba5b557071f9&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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> 
> Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of 
> mass destruction.
> *- Dick Cheney, speech to VFW National Convention*, Aug. 26, 2002
> 
> Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for 
> the production of biological weapons.
> *- *George* W. *Bush*, speech to UN General Assembly*, Sept. 12, 2002
> 
> No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the 
> security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of 
> Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
> *- Donald Rumsfeld, testimony to Congress*, Sept. 19, 2002
> 
> The world is also uniting to answer the unique and urgent threat posed 
> by Iraq.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, Nov. 23, 2002
> 
> If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is 
> once again misleading the world.
> *- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer*, press briefing, Dec. 2, 2002
> 
> We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
> *- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer*, press briefing, Jan. 9, 2003
> 
> What we know from UN inspectors over the course of the last decade is 
> that Saddam Hussein possesses thousands of chemical warheads, that he 
> possesses hundreds of liters of very dangerous toxins that can kill 
> millions of people.
> *- White House spokesman Dan Bartlett*, CNN interview, Jan. 26, 2003
> 
> Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the 
> materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard, and VX nerve 
> agent…. The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently 
> sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.
> *- *George* W. *Bush*, State of the Union Address*, Jan. 28, 2003
> 
> We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass 
> destruction, is determined to make more.
> *- Colin Powell*, remarks to UN Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003
> 
> We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized 
> Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons - the very weapons the 
> dictator tells us he does not have.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, radio address, Feb. 8, 2003
> 
> If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass 
> destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months 
> since [UN Resolution] 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the 
> crisis that we now have before us.
> *- Colin Powell*, interview with Radio France International, Feb. 28, 2003
> 
> So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of 
> mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad?….I think our judgment has 
> to be clearly not.
> *- Colin Powell*, remarks to UN Security Council, March 7, 2003
> 
> Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that 
> the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal 
> weapons ever devised.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, address to the U.S., March 17, 2003
> 
> The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live 
> at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons 
> of mass murder.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, address to U.S., March 19, 2003
> 
> 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.
> *- White House spokesman Ari Fleisher*, press briefing, March 21, 2003
> 
> There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of 
> mass destruction. And….as this operation continues, those weapons will 
> be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and 
> who guard them.
> *- Gen. Tommy Franks,* press conference, March 22, 2003
> 
> I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass 
> destruction.
> *- Defense Policy Board member Kenneth Adelman*, The Washington Post, 
> March 23, 2003
> 
> One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the *WMD*. There are a 
> number of sites.
> *- Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clark*, press briefing, March 22, 2003
> 
> We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad 
> and east, west, south, and north somewhat.
> *- Donald Rumsfeld*, ABC interview, March 30, 2003
> 
> Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of 
> mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.
> *- Robert Kagan,* The Washington Post, April 9, 2003
> 
> But make no mistake - as I said earlier - we have high confidence that 
> they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about 
> and it is about. And we have high confidence it will be found.
> *- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer*, press briefing, April 10, 2003
> 
> We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi 
> scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he 
> destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, NBC interview, April 24, 2003
> 
> There are people who in large measure have information that we need….so 
> that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.
> *- Donald Rumsfeld*, press briefing, April 25, 2003
> 
> We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, remarks to reporters, May 3, 2003
> 
> I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and 
> the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.
> *- Colin Powell,* remarks to reporters, May 4, 2003
> 
> I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam 
> Hussein – because he had a weapons program.
> *- *George* W. *Bush**, remarks to reporters, May 6, 2003
> 
> We said what we said because we meant it…..We continue to have 
> confidence that *WMD* will be found.
> *- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer*, press briefing, May 7, 2003
> 
> Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had 
> weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to 
> be found. I still expect them to be found.
> *- Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps*, interview with 
> reporters, May 21, 2003
> 
> Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, 
> I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.
> *- Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff*, NBC Today Show 
> interview, May 26, 2003
> 
> Do I think we're going to find something? Yeah, I kind of do, because I 
> think there's a lot of information out there."
> *- Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, Defense Intelligence Agency*, press 
> conference, May 30, 2003
> 
> You remember when Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he 
> said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological 
> weapons....They're illegal. They're against the United Nations 
> resolutions, and we've so far discovered two [the labs were later judged 
> to not contain any such weapons, that they most likely were used for 
> weather balloons]. And we'll find more weapons as time goes on, But for 
> those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or 
> banned weapons, they're wrong. We found them.
> *- *George* W. *Bush*, remarks to reporters*, May 31, 2003
> 
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