WMD Quotes By * and His Admin

"Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."

Remarks by the President on Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html
Cincinnati Museum Center - Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati, Ohio
8:02 P.M. EDT

On another occasion in those early days of war fever, Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair cited a "new" report supposedly from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency saying Iraq was "six months away" from having a nuclear weapon. "I don’t know what more evidence we need, " said Bush.

more...
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/061703a.html

( NOTE: International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA’s chief spokesman, Mark Gwozdecky, said on September 26, 2002 - just after bush and blair made the above remarks) that no such evidence existed to support claims of a nascent Iraqi nuclear program. )

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Here is a searchable/sortable highly organised list here...
http://lunaville.org/WMD/billmon.aspx

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The Facts Will Show the World the Truth

by DU's justicebuilder

In all the yelling and screaming I’ve forgotten one of my favorite trivial pleasures - laughing at stupid stuff that George W. Bush says in public.

Before the Iraq war, I routinely searched through transcripts of interviews and speeches for a few little off-the-cuff nuggets of anti-wisdom. My favorite Dubyaisms were the empty language Bush used when he was trying to sound deep and thoughtful, like when he opined “One interesting issue is North Korea.” Wow.

Since March, though, like most people who opposed the war, I have been too caught up in outrage, shock and shame to take much joy in the President’s gaffes. Then today, lo and behold, I am presented with just the sort of Flubya that used to make me collapse in gales of laughter. Bush told a reporter in South Africa that he was confident that “the facts will show the world the truth.”

Unfortunately, I have trouble laughing at this statement, as stupid and meaningless as it clearly is on its face. I find this near-tautology unfunny because under the surface it reflects a belief that is held dearly not only by Bush himself but by his most ardent followers - that right now, the facts are lying. The facts, according to this strange worldview, MUST be lying, because the picture they paint of our Great President is not a pretty one.

Let’s have a quick review of the facts, shall we?

more...
http://democraticunderground.com

Uncovering Bush's Weapons of Mass Destruction

Some commentators are beginning to call this “Weaponsgate.” Though the lies are enormous, public outrage has yet to catch up

by Mark Pickens
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4021.htm

07/07/03: (IndyMedia) Lies. It’s the “L” word that almost killed Clinton. And now with Iraq, Bush and Co. find themselves on the political defensive for the very first time. After nearly two years of patriotic photo-ops, growing ranks of fearful Americans hungry for leadership, and a free pass on a stagnant economy that would sink any other president’s credibility, Bush may finally feel a twinge of fear. One hundred days from the fall of Baghdad and still no weapons of mass destruction.

The evidence that Bush lied is readily available. Disaffected CIA and other intelligence officers have leaked a variety of secret reports, resentful for being ignored before the war and now blamed for faulty intelligence. UK Prime Minister Blair is being pilloried by his own party, with the BBC, The Guardian newspaper and others providing ammunition. In America, a sweeping range of public figures is trying to turn a spark into a bonfire under Bush’s chair, including ultra-conservative Pat Buchanan, several residents of The New York Times editorial pages, and even Richard Nixon’s former Watergate counsel John Dean (who should know something about lying).

Some commentators are beginning to call this “Weaponsgate.” Though the lies are enormous, public outrage has yet to catch up and Bush still enjoys popularity ratings in the sixties. But, as John Dean might point out, it took two years and an insistent campaign for the truth before Nixon was pinned on his lies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4021.htm

FLEISCHER SAYS BUSH DID NOT HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION…….

ABOUT NIGER AND IRAQ BEFORE HIS 2003 STATE OF UNION ADDRESS

< http://usinfo.state.gov>

"The information about the yellowcake and Niger was not specifically
known prior to the State of the Union by the White House," Fleischer
said.

" We've acknowledged that the information turned out to be bogus
involving the report on yellowcake," Fleischer said. "That's not new.
Dr. Rice has said it repeatedly. I've said it repeatedly."

There are lies and there are damn lies and then there’s Ari supporting his boss.

DU: peterh

DU: CheshireCat (1653 posts) Jun-03-03, 09:36 AM (ET)

I know this list of quotes is long, but it is very revealing to compare what was said about WMD in the beginning and to see it change as time passes. It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

These quotes may help you when you are trying to convince someone the war was unnecessary. I received them by e-mail from the CounterPunch Wire.

Chessy

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT, September 4, 2002

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

Dick Cheney August 26, 2002

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

Sen. Joseph Biden D-Del., September 4, 2002

Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

George W. Bush September 12, 2002

If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.

Ari Fleischer December 2, 2002

We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

Ari Fleischer January 9, 2003

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.

George W. Bush January 28, 2003

We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.

Colin Powell February 5, 2003

Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, February 5, 2003

We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.

George Bush February 8, 2003

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.

Colin Powell March 8, 2003

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

George Bush March 18, 2003

We are asked to accept Saddam decided to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.

Tony Blair, Prime Minister 18 March, 2003

Well, there is no question that we have evidence and nformation that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.

Ari Fleisher March 21, 2003

There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

Gen. Tommy Franks March 22, 2003

I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.

Kenneth Adelman, Defense Policy Board , March 23, 2003

One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.

Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark March 22, 2003

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

Donald Rumsfeld March 30, 2003

Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction

Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary 2 April, 2003

Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.

Neocon scholar Robert Kagan April 9, 2003

I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.

Ari Fleischer April 10, 2003

We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.

George Bush April 24, 2003

Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

Tony Blair 28 April, 2003

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Donald Rumsfeld April 25, 2003

We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.

George Bush May 3, 2003

I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.

Colin Powell May 4, 2003

I never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Donald Rumsfeld May 4, 2003

I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.

George W. Bush May 6, 2003

U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.

Condoleeza Rice May 12, 2003

I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.

Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne May 13, 2003

Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.

Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps May 21, 2003

Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.

Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff May 26, 2003

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

Donald Rumsfeld May 27, 2003

For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.

"If we know Saddam has weapons of mass destruction -- and we do -- does it make any sense for the world to wait to confront him?"

"It (Iraq regime) possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons . . . we know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, and VX gas"

George Bush*, October 7, 2002

"His (Saddam Hussein's) regime has large, unaccounted-for stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and he has an active programme to acquire and develop nuclear weapons."

Donald Rumsfeld, January 20, 2003

"Every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.

"In fact, they (Iraqi regime) can produce enough dry biological agent in a single month to kill thousands upon thousands of people. Saddam Hussein has never accounted for vast amounts of chemical weaponry: 550 artillery shells with mustard, 30,000 empty munitions, and enough precursors to increase his stockpile to as much as 500 tons of chemical agents. If we consider just one category of missing weaponry, 6,500 bombs from the Iran-Iraq war. . . Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tonnes of chemical-weapons agent. Even the low end of 100 tonnes of agent would enable Saddam Hussein to cause mass casualties across more than 100 square miles of territory, an area nearly five times the size of Manhattan"

Colin Powell, address to the UN Security Council, February 5, 2003

"It is right (going to war) because weapons of mass destruction, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, are a real threat to the security of the world and this country"

Tony Blair, House of Commons, January 15, 2003

"What I believe the assessed intelligence has established beyond doubt is that Saddam has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons, and that he has been able to extend the range of his ballistic missile programme.

His (Saddam Hussein's) military planning allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them."

Tony Blair, Foreword to Iraq "dossier" later proved to be mostly plaigarized work of a grad student in California

So here we are, months after the invasion and where is all this evidence they claimed to have, which was the justification for the deaths of 170 American Soldiers (still rising as of last night) and 5000 Iraqi's killed?

We may indeed find WMD at some point, but it's clear after the decisive defeat of Iraq in less than three weeks that the WMD justification was either deliberately or negligently overstated by Bush and his underlings. The threat of Saddam was a paper tiger. But hey, at least we got the oil, right?

Maybe there's a good reason the rest of the world fails to be convinced by President Bush*; maybe the son of bitch is just a liar.

*unelected

See also...

Here is a searchable/sortable highly organised list here...
http://lunaville.org/WMD/billmon.aspx

BuzzFlash List
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/03/27_lies.html

Bush Administration Lies for War
http://www.againstbombing.com/adminlies.htm

More of a chronicle than a list, but you can find lots of info at:
http://bush-lies.blogspot.com

My favorite little collection

wtmusic (524 posts) Mon Jul-07-03 05:11 PM

" States like these and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world."
President George W. Bush
State of the Union Address
January 29, 2002

On the Predetermination of War
" All patriotic Iraqis should embrace this resolution <1441> as an opportunity for Iraq to avoid war and end its isolation...The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily."
President Bush
Address to the Nation
November 8, 2002

" Even now, he could end his defiance and dramatically change directions...You see, the use of military force is this nation's last option, its last choice."
President Bush
Fort Hood Army Base
January 3, 2003

" The president is serious about consultation. The president is serious about diplomacy. He hopes it will work, and he wants to give it time to work."
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer
January 30, 2003

" ...reaffirming the commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, Kuwait, and the neighbouring States..."
US-authored Security Council draft resolution
March 7, 2003

" The Vice President dropped by a Senate Republican policy lunch soon after his 10-day tour of the Middle East ...Before he spoke, he said no one should repeat what he said. Then he gave them some surprising news. The question was no longer if the U.S. would attack Iraq, he said. The only question was when."
Time Magazine
May 5, 2002

" 'F___ Saddam. We're taking him out.' Those were the words of President George W. Bush, who had poked his head into the office of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. It was March 2002, and Rice was meeting with three U.S. Senators. "
Time Magazine
March 31, 2003

On Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction and Evidence of Their Existence
" Iraq has aggressively pursued weapons of mass destruction, even while inspectors were inside the country."
President Bush
Address to the Nation
September 8, 2002

" Saddam Hussein is not disarming. This is a fact. It cannot be denied."
President Bush
News conference
March 6, 2003

" The Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised...Today, no nation can possibly claim that Iraq has disarmed."
President Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003

" At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq."
President Bush
Address on the Start of War
March 20, 2003

" I do not accept as fact the US and UK’s repeated assertions that Baghdad has used the time to rebuild its weapons of mass destruction."
UNSCOM chief weapons inspector Hans Blix
March 2002 (reported in London Financial Times)

" After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq."
Mohammed ElBaradei
Director-General International Atomic Energy Agency
Statement to UN Security Council
March 7, 2003

" It behooves me to admit that I find present allegations about Iraq's nuclear capability, as continuously advanced by the Americans and the British, to be ridiculous."
Imad Khadduri, PhD
Seneca College, Toronto
Former Nuclear Scientist, Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission (1968-1998)
November 21, 2002

" Its capability was reduced during the UNSCOM inspections and is probably more limited now than it was at the time of the Gulf war."
Central Intelligence Agency Report, "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs"
October 2002

" Senior officials in the Bush administration have admitted that they would be 'amazed' if weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were found in Iraq. "
Neil Mackay
Edinburgh Sunday Herald
May 3, 2003

On Iraq's Attempted Procurement of Aluminum Tubes, and their Intended Purpose
" Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon."
President Bush
Remarks to UN General Assembly
September 12, 2002

" All the experts who have analyzed the tubes in our possession agree that they can be adapted for centrifuge use."
Secretary of State Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003

" Extensive field investigation and document analysis have failed to uncover any evidence that Iraq intended to use these 81mm tubes for any project other than the reverse engineering of rockets...even had Iraq pursued such a plan, it would have encountered practical difficulties in manufacturing centrifuges out of the aluminium tubes in question."
Mohammed ElBaradei
Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency
March 7, 2003

" According to Albright government experts on nuclear technology who dissented from the Bush administration's view told him they were expected to remain silent."
Washington Post
September 19, 2002

On Iraq's Reported Attempt to Procure Uranium from Niger
" The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger. Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?
US State Department "Fact Sheet"
December 19, 2002

" The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
President Bush
State of the Union Address
January 28, 2003

" The IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts, that these documents - which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger - are in fact not authentic."
Mohammed ElBaradei
Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
March 7, 2003

On Terrorist Connections with al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden
" The regime...has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda."
President Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003

" There are no current links between the Iraqi regime and the al-Qaeda network, according to an official British intelligence report."
BBC News
February 5, 2003

" Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Usama bin Laden and his al-Qaida lieutenants."
Secretary of State Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003

" Most experts...dispute his possible role as Qaeda-Iraq link."
New York Times
February 10, 2003

" There is a really serious problem in intelligence. It’s virtually impossible to prove these kinds of conspiracies. . . . It is going to require a great deal more debate and reporting than simply accepting the U.S. statements without further review."
Anthony Cordesman
Former Director-Intelligence Assessment
US Department of Defense
Transcript of February 6, 2003 radio interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation

On the Role of Oil
" American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil."
Ahmed Chalabi
Leader, Iraqi National Congress
(Reported by Washington Post Septembert 15, 2002)

" Iraq possesses huge reserves of oil and gas; reserves I'd love Chevron to have access to."
Kenneth T. Derr
Chevron CEO
1998 speech at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco

" It's pretty straightforward. France and Russia have oil companies and interests in Iraq. They should be told that if they are of assistance...we'll do the best we can to ensure that the new government and American companies work closely with them."
R. James Woolsey
Former Director
Central Intelligence Agency

" When there is regime change in Iraq, you could add three million to five million barrels of production to world supply. The successful prosecution of the war would be good for the economy."
Larry Lindsey
White House Economic Advisor
September 2002

" All Iraqi military and civilian personnel should listen carefully to this warning. In any conflict, your fate will depend on your action. Do not destroy oil wells."
President Bush
Address on the Start of War
March 20, 2003

" Economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea of oil."
Paul Wolfowitz
Deputy Secretary of Defense
May 31, 2003

On the Legal Grounds for a "Preemptive Self-Defense"
" The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security."
President Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003

" Not only will the United States impose preemptive, unilateral military force when and where it chooses, but the nation will also punish those who engage in terror and aggression and will work to impose a universal moral clarity between good and evil."
President Bush
West Point Commencement Address
June 2002

" Under Resolutions 678 and 687 -- both still in effect -- the United States and our allies are authorized to use force in ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction."
President Bush
Address on the Start of War
March 20, 2003

" ...a formal cease-fire is effective between Iraq and Kuwait and the Member States cooperating with Kuwait in accordance with resolution 678."
UN Security Council Resolution 687
April 3, 1991

" All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."
United Nations Charter, Article 2, Section 4

" Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security."
United Nations Charter, Article 51

" The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all of its Members."
Ibid. Article 2, Section 1

" The United States has no right to invade another state because of speculative concerns about that state's possible future actions. The current international order does not support a special status for the United States or a singular right to exempt itself from the law."
Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Myth of Preemptive Self-Defense

The American Society of International Law Task Force on Terrorism
August 2002"Extrapolating from the death-rates of between 3% and 10% found in the units around Baghdad, one reaches a toll of between 13,500 and 45,000 dead among troops and paramilitaries."
The Guardian
May 28, 2003

Civilian casualties in Iraq - 5,425(min)-7,041(max)
IraqBodyCount.net
May 28, 2003