Credibility Quote by Hans Blix

The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading.

— Colin Powell

I'm quite convinced in my own mind that those who were arguing that [the need to intervene in Iraq] was a more immediate one…

— Christopher Hitchens

Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.

— Bashar al-Assad

The media is uncritical, and their so-called the concept of objectivity translates into keeping everything within the Beltway. However, Iraq was quite different. Here,…

— Noam Chomsky

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.

— Bill Vaughan

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

— Carl Levin

This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi…

— John Scarlett

Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive

— Madeleine Albright

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

— John Dingell

When I was dealing with a lot of Iraqis, lies were constant; people constantly lied to you. It's a part of their culture. They…

— Tom King

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam Hussein in charge of affairs.

— John Dingell

The invasion of Iraq was, in ways that have since become hard to dispute, a terrible mistake.

— Jacob Weisberg