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Quotes about the 2003 invasion of Iraq  (By Drummond (54) on 02/22/2006)

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"He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors." -Colin Powell, refering to Hussein, Feb 24, 2001 (4)  5.00 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"I feel like I've died and gone to hell... On my good days, I feel like we're at least doing something worthwhile...On my bad days I feel like getting my machine gun and opening up on every one of them." Lori, Army private 8/03 (3)  5.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"There was never a clear and present danger. There was never an imminent threat. Iraq - and we have good intelligence on this - was never part of the picture of terrorism." Mel Goodman, veteran CIA analyst (3)  5.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him." Condi Rice, 9/29/01 (1)  5.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"Please refrain from writing press releases highlighting killing the enemy." -Capt. Perry Jarmon of the Combined Joint Task Force in an email to military PR, accidently sent to media outlets (1)  5.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"They used me as a way to symbolize all this stuff. It hurt in a way that people would make up stories that they had no truth about." Priv. Jessica Lunch on the myths spun by the military and media about her rescue (3)  4.75 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people we are here to help them." Lt. Col Nathan Sassaman, stationed in Abu Hishma, 12/7/03 (2)  4.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"There is evidence that this war was planned well in advance." -Hans Blix, UN Chief Weapons Inspector, Apr 9, 2003 (5)  4.20 (5)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing." -Richard Perl, admitting that the invasion was illegal, Nov 19, 2003 (3)  3.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August." White House Chief of Staff Andy Card on why the administration waited until Sept, 2002 to start selling the public on the war (2)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"F#%& Saddam. We're taking him out." President Bush in Mar 2002, when he claims he hadn't yet decided how to handle Hussein (3)  2.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"I have always said to people throughout that ... our aim has been the elimination of weapons of mass destruction." PM Tony Blair, Mar 25, 2003 (2)  1.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Bagdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat." Donald Rumsfeld, Mar 30, 2003 (3)  1.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"In defiance of pledges to the UN it has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons.... UN inspectors believe that Iraq could have produced enough biological and chemical agents to kill millions." Pres. Bush, Oct. 2, 2002 (2)  1.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"Iraq probably has stocked at least 100 metric tons and possibly as much as 500 metric tons of CW (chemical warfare) agents." -CIA, Oct, 2002 (1)  1.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." VP Cheney, Aug 26, 2002 (1)  1.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
"We found biological labororatories.. They're illegal... and we've so far discovered two. But for those who say we haven't found ... banned weapons, they're wrong." Pres. Bush, lying about weather balloon stations (1)  1.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
We destroyed some after the Gulf War with the inspection regime, but there is no doubt in our mind that he still has chemical weapons stocks and that he has the capacity to produce more chemical weapons. Colin Powell, 9/8/02 (1)  1.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
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