Able Quote by Scott Ritter

Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production…

— Scott Ritter

No disarmament regime is foolproof, and it was always understood that Assad likely hid some elements of his chemical weapons production capacity from inspectors.

— Tom Malinowski

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal…

— 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 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

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to…

— Dick Cheney

You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out: Iraq:…

— Bill Hicks

It is inherently dangerous to allow a country such as Iraq to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its past aggressive…

— Stephen Harper

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

— Donald Rumsfeld

There is no sign, not one sign, that the Iraqi regime has any intent to comply fully with the terms of Resolution 1441, just…

— Richard Armitage

There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified,…

— Tommy Franks

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad?... I think our…

— Colin Powell