Decision Quote by George W. Bush

[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

— George W. Bush

The administration took care of a source of instability in Iraq. Envision a world in which Saddam Hussein was rushing for a nuclear weapon…

— George W. Bush

To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best…

— Brent Scowcroft

This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in…

— William Westmoreland

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

— Tony Blair

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

— Dick Cheney

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision…

— George W. Bush

As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have…

— Allen Boyd

We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels…

— Colin Powell

The decision to attack Iraq in March 2003 was discretionary; it was a war of choice.

— Richard N. Haass

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

— Sandy Berger

No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25…

— George W. Bush