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Israel Quotes by Dick Cheney

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Dick Cheney warns that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding nuclear weapons and that the U.S. struggled to stop the spread. He describes the war on terror as a continuing campaign and claims the U.S. achieved huge successes in Iraq. He also notes the arrival of a free, sovereign Iraq.

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The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.

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I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11.

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We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

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Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.

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The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

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How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still…

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There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government

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Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would…

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I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard…

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Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they…

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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing…

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We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to…

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The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.

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We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link,…

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I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy,…

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Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the…

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Once we got hit by - on 9/11 and lost 3,000 people that day, we recognized, and it was one of the…

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I think there's - the assumption seems to predominate on the other side that the reason there's been problems in the world…

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We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the…

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We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a…

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There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time…

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Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization,…

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Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a…

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I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we…

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After 9/11 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who…

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I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we…

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America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had…

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I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.

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[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.

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His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.

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We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

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One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing…

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I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in…

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It’s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities,…

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From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged…

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I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we…

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We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said…

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After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win…

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The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes,…

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I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing…

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