Destruction Quote by Jack Straw

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

— George W. Bush

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

— Joe Biden

Ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. That was the whole idea, right? That‘s why we went. I am reluctant to let that fact…

— Rachel Maddow

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.

— Tony Blair

If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear…

— Hillary Clinton

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

— Donald Rumsfeld

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

— Colin Powell

He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy…

— Henry Waxman

Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.

— Noam Chomsky

Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its…

— Tony Blair

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But…

— Wesley Clark

The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological…

— Robert Byrd