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 extenuated that threat, as…

— 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

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

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] 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

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

— 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 think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat].

— John F. Kerry

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

— Tony Blair

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

— George W. Bush

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

— John F. Kerry

And we're being attacked because of what we do, not because of who we are. And by refusing to talk about that, I'm afraid…

— Michael Scheuer