"There’s no question that Iraq was a threat to the people of the United States.” White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan, 8/26/03
“We ended the threat from Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.” President Bush, 7/17/03
Iraq was “the most dangerous threat of our time.” White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 7/17/03
“Absolutely.” White House spokesman Ari Fleischer answering whether Iraq was an “imminent threat,” 5/7/03
“We gave our word that the threat from Iraq would be ended.” President Bush 4/24/03
“The threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction will be removed.” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 3/25/03
“There is real threat, in my judgment, a real and dangerous threat to American in Iraq in the form of Saddam Hussein.” President Bush, 10/28/02
“There’s a grave threat in Iraq. There just is.” President Bush, 10/2/02
“This man poses a much graver threat than anybody could have possibly imagined.” President Bush, 9/26/02
“No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.” Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 9/19/02
“Iraq is busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents, and they continue to pursue an aggressive nuclear weapons program. These are offensive weapons for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale, developed so that Saddam Hussein can hold the threat over the head of any one he chooses. What we must not do in the face of this mortal threat is to give in to wishful thinking or to willful blindness.” Vice President Dick Cheney, 8/29/02
What part about “imminent” do you not understand as it relates to the constant media harping that BUSH said it? He never did! That’s the point.
So stop with the dumbass quotes. You make yourself look silly.
“Absolutely." White House spokesman Ari Fleischer answering whether Iraq was an “imminent threat,” 5/7/03
...to TURKEY. You know, one of the nations that border Iraq?
Nice try.
Oh, btw: the other quotes? They don’t mention an imminent threat. Do try to stick with the program.
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