Political Quotes

“Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq? The day after 9/11, according to this book, Secretary Rumsfeld raised the possibility that the administration could take advantage of the opportunity offered by the terrorist attacks to go after Saddam immediately. This, even though there was no evidence connecting Iraq to 9/11. Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq? On September 18, 2002, Mr. Rumsfeld told Congress, ``Hussein has at this moment stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and is pursuing nuclear weapons.'' There was no evidence of that either. Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq? Yesterday Mr. Rumsfeld told Congress it was not because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. ``We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light through the prism of our experience on 9/11.'' Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq? 9/11 was an excuse, no imminent threat, no weapons of mass destruction. Now, the administration keeps changing its story, but they cannot change the facts. They led this Nation into war against a Nation that had not attacked us, that had no intention or capability of attacking us. Congress must hold public hearings because the truth and our democracy is at stake.”