Political Quotes

“I rise today to ask that the Bush administration provide the American people with a full account of the events leading up to the war with Iraq. The amendment sponsored by Representative Kucinich is a good starting point but there is still much that we do not know about the basis of our war with Iraq. Since August of last year, when the administration began beating the war drum, they have offered little concrete evidence backing up their claims that Iraq posed an "imminent threat" to the United States. The rhetoric employed by the administration was strong and unwavering: On September 12, 2002, the President told the UN: "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons . . . . Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon." On October 7, 2002, the President said: "It [Iraq] possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons." The Vice President said earlier this year on "Meet The Press" that: "we believe he [Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons." And the Secretary of Defense joined in saying: "We know where they [weapons of mass destruction] are, they are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad." Yet, despite this certainty, 3 months after the fall of Baghdad, no chemical, biological or nuclear weapons have been found.”