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[casi] "Revisionist history" says Bush




Bush Blasts "REVISIONIST HISTORIANS" on Iraq
Mon Jun 16, 5:06 PM ET

ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) - President Bush  countered those questioning his
justification for the invasion of Iraq on Monday, dismissing "revisionist
historians" and saying Washington acted to counter a persistent threat.
"Now there are some who would like to rewrite history; revisionist
historians is what I like to call them," Bush said in a speech to New Jersey
business leaders. ..
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Weapons of Mass Destruction:
Who Said What When
CounterPunch Wire

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 information 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.
Paul Wolfowitz May 28, 2003

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