02/23/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"We must recognize that some threats are so grave and their potential consequences so terrible that they must be removed, even if it requires military force."
"There is little reason to hope that Saddam Hussein will disarm."
"Saddam Hussein's regime ordered a chemical weapons attack on a village in Iraq called Halabja."
"If force is required to disarm him, the American people can know that our Armed Forces have been given every tool and every resource to achieve victory."