Approach Quote by Colin Powell

It is inherently dangerous to allow a country such as Iraq to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its past aggressive…

— Stephen Harper

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

— Anonymous

As the president has said, if the United Nations will not disarm Saddam Hussein, it will be another international organization, a coalition of the…

— Ari Fleischer

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

— George W. Bush

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

— Jose Maria Aznar

Our President feels, and apparently many in the United Nations Security Council feel, that it is necessary to disarm Iraq before Iraq can again…

— Richard Armitage

Well, the United States has said that the disarmament of Iraq is the top priority, but we have also noted that there are many…

— Richard Armitage

The best way to begin disarming is to begin-and the United States is ready to conclude firm agreements in these areas and to consider…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament.…

— George W. Bush

We have staring us in the face here an enormous opportunity to actually find a way forward to have peace and stability in Syria,…

— John F. Kerry

So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be…

— Ludwig Quidde

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to…

— Tony Blair