Invasion of Iraq, the hidden story

My son -- you wrote a very detailed, well researched, a well reasoned dispassionate column -- and I am so glad that you did not use a single expletive -- even in vernacular -- against our universally liked president -- wherever or whenever you mentioned the name George Bush.

Congratulations

2 Dec 1999
During a debate in New Hampshire, presidential candidate George W Bush declares: ``If I found in any way, shape or form that he (Saddam Hussein) was developing weapons of mass destruction, I`d take `em out. I`m surprised he`s still there.`` Asked if that meant he would overthrow Saddam, Bush clarified: ``The weapons of mass destruction.``

22 Feb 2001
During his first press conference, President George W Bush declares: ``The Secretary of State is going to go listen to our allies as to how best to effect a policy, the primary goal of which will be to say to Saddam Hussein: we won`t tolerate you developing weapons of mass destruction and we expect you to leave your neighbors alone.``

7 Aug 2001
President George W Bush declares: ``He`s (Saddam Hussein) been a menace forever, and we will do -- he needs to open his country up for inspection, so we can see whether or not he`s developing weapons of mass destruction.``

26 Sep 2002
President George W Bush explains to a Texas audience that although Saddam Hussein poses a threat to many countries, America has first dibs. ``There`s no doubt his hatred is mainly directed at us. There`s no doubt he can`t stand us. After all, this is the guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.``

7 Oct 2002
During a speech in Cincinnati, President George W Bush declares: ``Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists.``

14 Oct 2002
During a speech in Dearborn, Michigan, President George W Bush declares that Saddam Hussein maintains active ties to al Qaeda: ``This is a man that we know has had connections with al Qaeda. This is a man who, in my judgment, would like to use al Qaeda as a forward army.``

7 Nov 2002
During a press conference, President George W Bush declares: ``Some people say, `Oh, we must leave Saddam alone, otherwise, if we did something against him, he might attack us.` Well, if we don`t do something he might attack us, and he might attack us with a more serious weapon. The man is a threat... He`s a threat because he is dealing with al Qaeda... And we`re going to deal with him.``

8 Feb 2003
During a radio address, President George W Bush declares: ``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.``

6 Mar 2003
During his second press conference in two years, President George W Bush declares: ``Saddam Hussein and his weapons are a direct threat to this country, to our people, and to all free people.... I will not leave the American people at the mercy of the Iraqi dictator and his weapons.``

17 Mar 2003
During an address to the nation, President George W Bush declares: ``We cannot live under the threat of blackmail. The terrorist threat to America and the world will be diminished the moment that Saddam Hussein is disarmed.``

17 Mar 2003
During an address to the nation, President George W Bush declares: ``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.``

19 Mar 2003
During an address to the nation, President George W Bush declares: ``The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.``

10 Apr 2003
In a message to the Iraqi people, President George W Bush declares: ``The goals of our coalition are clear and limited. We will end a brutal regime, whose aggression and weapons of mass destruction make it a unique threat to the world.``

24 Apr 2003
President George W Bush declares: ``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.``

30 May 2003
President George W Bush remarks on Polish TV: ``We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories... we’ve so far discovered two. And we’ll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they’re wrong, we found them.``

17 Sep 2003
President George W Bush: ``No, we`ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th.``

24 Mar 2004
At the annual Radio and Television News Correspondents Association dinner, President George W Bush shows slides of himself searching clumsily behind furniture in the Oval Office, joking: ``Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere [...] nope, no weapons over there [...] maybe under here?``

...SR

(PS: Quotes culled from ... ah ... go google it yourself.)

Wonderful Ananlysis!
A recent poll being carried out by 4 big media houses (or newspapers) in countries like Canada, England & Mexico amongst the common people have come out with a very interesting (though known) conclusion.
Mr.george Bush ranks 2nd only to Mr.Laden as far as `threat to the world is concerned`.