Aspect Quote by Scott Ritter

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of…

— Madeleine Albright

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the…

— Joe Lieberman

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction also represents a serious danger. If these weapons were to fall into the hands of terrorists, and…

— Vladimir Putin

If we invade Iraq and the regime is very close to falling, I'm very, very concerned that the Iraqis will, in fact, use weapons…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I think Donald Trump's history has shown that this was a very problematic thing. There were so many ways Iraq could have gone awry…

— Jeff Sessions

“The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament.…

— George W. Bush

What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use…

— Jacques Chirac

The inspectors also found Iraq had developed effective means for dispersing these materials: unmanned aerial vehicles, spray devices, special munitions. We don't know where…

— Richard Armitage

But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's…

— George Carey

It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency. [...] It has developed weapons of mass death.

— George W. Bush

The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable…

— Scott Ritter