Basic needs Quote by George W. Bush

[Saddam Hussein] could have easily reconstituted a program. He was a threat to peace before we went in. He'd have been a threat to…

— George W. Bush

[Saddam] Hussein maintains an active and aggressive nuclear weapons program.

— Sandy Berger

Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one…

— Paul Bremer

[Even if the U.S. doesn't attack] Saddam Hussein is not going to survive. His regime is on the verge of implosion.

— Christopher Hitchens

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

— Dick Cheney

When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, Iraqis resolved never to allow one man, one political party, or one segment of society to dominate our diverse…

— Haider al-Abadi

He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against…

— Colin Powell

Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.

— Brent Scowcroft

“Saddam Hussein is a product of Western departments of state and big companies, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were born of the 'peace'…

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is…

— Madeleine Albright

Imagine a world in which you had Saddam Hussein, who had the capacity to make a weapon of mass destruction, who was paying suiciders…

— George W. Bush

Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

— Barbara Boxer