@owillis Democrats have short memories.
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@owillis "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dec 16, 1998
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@owillis "Hussein has… chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
Madeline Albright, Clinton's Secretary of State, Nov 10, 1999
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@owillis "[Saddam will use] his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction… again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb 18, 1998
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@owillis "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
President Clinton, Feb 17, 1998
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@owillis Libya's Muammar Gaddafi was working on nuclear weapons, too. But after he saw what happened to Saddam, he "calculated a new reality," and gave it up.
burtonsys.com/gaddafi.html
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@owillis "Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status… [& he] continues to redefine delivery systems.."
Letter by Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) et al, Dec 5, 2001
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@owillis "How close is the peril of Iraqi WMD?… Within 4 or 5 years [Iraq] could have the capability to threaten most of the Middle East and parts of Europe with missiles armed with nuclear weapons…"
Robert Einhorn, Clinton's former Assistant Secretary of State, Mar 1, 2002
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@owillis "[Saddam] has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
Al Gore Sep 23, 2002
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@owillis "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sep 27, 2002
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@owillis "Saddam… retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and… has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons…"
Sen. Byrd (D-WV), Oct 3, 2002
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@owillis "I will be voting to give the President… the authority to use force—if necessary—to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA), Oct 9, 2002
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@owillis "He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused…"
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Oct 10, 2002
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@owillis "…evidence… Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next 5 years… [and] we have always underestimated the progress [he's] made in development of [WMDs]."
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Oct 10, 2002
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@owillis "…intelligence reports show… Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists…"
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Oct 10, 2002
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@owillis "During and after Clinton's presidency, the intelligence community repeatedly warned the White House that Iraq was one cache of fissile material and one year short of wielding a nuclear bomb…"
- Chicago Tribune, Nov. 30, 2005
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