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To: michael97123 who wrote (169024)	8/15/2005 2:10:03 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

You said sanctions were not working. What were the purpose of the sanctions and what were they failing to do and how did that affect our security? Saddam, as it clear now, was thinking about writing novels. Saddam didn't want jihadists around him, they were just as much a threat to him as they were to us. When did Bush backtrack and make Saddam a GATHERING and not an IMMINENT THREAT? "The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency." • President Bush, 10/2/02 "The world is also uniting to answer the unique and urgent threat posed by Iraq whose dictator has already used weapons of mass destruction to kill thousands." • President Bush, 11/23/02 "The dictator of Iraq and his weapons of mass destruction are a threat to the security of free nations." • President Bush, 3/16/03 "Iraq poses a serious and mounting threat to our country. His regime has the design for a nuclear weapon, was working on several different methods of enriching uranium, and recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa." • Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 1/29/03 "Absolutely." • White House spokesman Ari Fleischer answering whether Iraq was an "imminent threat," 5/7/03 -------------THEN 1/27/04 Q: Mr. President, a year ago you said the dictator of Iraq has got weapons of mass destruction. Are you still confident that weapons of mass destruction will be found in Iraq, given what Dr. Kay has said? PRESIDENT BUSH: Let me first compliment Dr. Kay for his work. I appreciate his willingness to go to Iraq and I appreciate his willingness to gather facts. And the Iraq Survey Group will continue to gather facts. There is no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein was a gathering threat to America and others. That's what we know. We know from years of intelligence -- not only our own intelligence services, but other intelligence gathering organizations -- that he had weapons -- after all, he used them. He had deep hatred in his heart for people who love freedom. We know he was a dangerous man in a dangerous part of the world. We know that he defied the United Nations year after year after year. And given the events of September the 11th, we know we could not trust the good intentions of Saddam Hussein, because he didn't have any. President George W. Bush and President Aleksander Kwasniewski talk with the press in the Oval Office Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004. After their meeting, President Bush hosted a lunch for President Kwasniewski. White House photo by Eric Draper There is no doubt in my mind the world is a better place without Saddam Hussein. America is more secure, the world is safer, and the people of Iraq are free. whitehouse.gov