Political Quotes

“The fact of the matter is, nothing has changed from the inspections that occurred prior to the debate here in the Senate back in September. So I really question what the motivation is of having this debate again when, on a substantive basis, nothing has changed, other than continued and maybe even more explicit deception on the part of Saddam Hussein in hiding these weapons of mass destruction. What has changed, I would argue, is the United States and our coalition partners have moved forward in a plan of deployment to convince Saddam we are serious, that if he does not comply, and comply quickly and completely, there will be action taken. As we had this debate on the floor--and one of the reasons many Members here supported this resolution--it was to make sure Saddam knew we were serious, we were going to follow through with what we said we would do, and the President had the support of the American public, thereby making it a credible threat, giving--I heard this over and over--giving peace the best chance by letting Saddam know the certainty of his noncompliance.”