On the recordOctober 7, 2002
the Senator and I are of another generation. There is no question about that. I never thought I would live to see the day I would say there is no question in my mind this is a greater threat than what we faced when we were young. But we had time. There was time to adjust. Even in the Persian Gulf war, we had time to take the actions that were necessary to evict Saddam Hussein's likes from Kuwait. But now it is not a matter of time. I am convinced the clock is ticking on the world as far as this threat is concerned. These are weapons of mass destruction. Even one of them should lead a person to have some fear. The only thing we can do is to join together with the world. Someone said to me the other day we can't do it alone. Whoever said that is absolutely right. This is not something one nation can do alone. But this is something where one nation can lead. That is what is happening right now. We must lead. We must form this coalition, and we must convince the U.N. to be a part of that coalition and to be firm. And this time--this time, to know either they enforce those mandates that come from the U.N., or we will lead the world to enforce them. It must be done.
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