Concerned Quote by George W. Bush

I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as…

— George W. Bush

I said, going into Iraq, "We've got to take threats seriously before they full materialize." I saw a threat. I fully believe it was…

— George W. Bush

Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.

— Tony Blair

[Saddam Hussein] is a threat because he is dealing with al-Qaeda. . . . A true threat facing our country is that an al-Qaeda-type…

— George W. Bush

A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

— Donald Rumsfeld

What we're hearing from everyone is that they understand that Saddam Hussein is a threat. They understand that he's been a threat for a…

— Condoleezza Rice

Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power.

— George W. Bush

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

— Tony Blair

Saddam Hussein is a threat, but the threat is not so great that we must be stampeded to provide such authority to this president…

— Robert Byrd

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to…

— Janeane Garofalo

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

— John F. Kerry

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies. If Saddam persists in thumbing his nose…

— Howard Dean