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Clinton and Democrat Quotes - Admit to Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq
Quotes include those running for President in
2008 such as Hillary Clinton, Joeseph Biden, Bill Richardson.
Either Bill Clinton is not telling the truth now about the terrorist threat posed
by Iraq during his administration - or he lied to the American people while he was in the
White House.
Clinton recently told his former staffer-turned TV commentator George Stephanopoulos that
the U.S. government had "no evidence that there were any weapons of mass
destruction" in Iraq. (Note: Clintons partner Sandy Berger was convicted of shredding
and stealing Top Secret Documents concerning that issue just before the 911 Investigation
Commission was to begin). But a recent report in the The Weekly Standard headlined
"Clinton Revisionism" unmasks Clinton's flip-flops (lies) over the Iraq weapons
of mass destruction issue.
For example, during an appearance on "Larry King Live" back in July 2003, the
former president said: "When I left office, there was a substantial amount of
biological and chemical material unaccounted for."
In October of that year, six months after the war ended, Clinton discussed Iraq with
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. Barroso said: "When Clinton was
here recently he told me he was absolutely convinced, given his years in
the White House and the access to privileged information which he had, that Iraq
possessed weapons of mass destruction until the end of the Saddam regime."
In September, 2005 Clinton discussed the Iraq war with Wolf Blitzer and told him: "I
never thought it had much to do with the war on terror."
But in a February 1998 speech warning of an "unholy axis" of terrorists and
rogue states, Clinton stated: "There is no more clear example of this threat than
Saddam Hussein's Iraq."
That summer six senior Clinton officials accused Iraq of providing chemical weapons
expertise to al-Qaida in Sudan.
The Clinton administration cited this link to justify the destruction of a pharmaceutical
plant in Sudan supposedly involved in the production of chemical weapons.
DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED ABOUT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WMDs IN IRAQ FOR
YEARS
Former President Bill Clinton:
President Clinton: "We Have To Defend Our Future From These Predators Of The 21st
Century. They Feed On The Free Flow Of Information And Technology. They Actually Take
Advantage Of The Freer Movement Of People, Information And Ideas. And They Will Be All The
More Lethal If We Allow Them To Build Arsenals Of Nuclear, Chemical And Biological Weapons
And The Missiles To Deliver Them. We Simply Cannot Allow That To Happen. There
Is No More Clear Example Of This Threat Than Saddam Hussein's Iraq. His Regime
Threatens The Safety Of His People, The Stability Of His Region And The Security Of All
The Rest Of Us." (President Clinton, Remarks To Joint Chiefs Of Staff And Pentagon
Staff, 2 /17/98)
President Clinton: "Earlier Today I Ordered America's Armed Forces
To Strike Military And Security Targets In Iraq... Their Mission Is To Attack Iraq's
Nuclear, Chemical And Biological Weapons Programs And Its Military Capacity To Threaten
Its Neighbors ..." ("Text Of Clinton Statement On Iraq Attack," Agence
France Presse, 12/17/98)
Former Vice President Al Gore:
Gore: "You Know, In 1991, I Was One Of Those Who Put Partisanship Completely Aside
And Supported President Bush At That Time In Launching The Gulf War. And In That War, We
Saw How Saddam Had Threatened His Neighbors And Was Trying To Get Nuclear Weapons,
Chemical Weapons, And Biological Weapons. And We're Not Going To Allow Him To
Succeed." (CNN's "Larry King Live," 12/16/98)
Gore: "[I]f You Allow Someone Like Saddam Hussein To Get Nuclear Weapons, Ballistic
Missiles, Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, How Many People Is He Going To Kill With
Such Weapons? He's Already Demonstrated A Willingness To Use These Weapons ..."
(CNN's "Larry King Live," 12/16/98)
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY):
Sen. Clinton: "I Voted For The Iraqi Resolution. I Consider The
Prospect Of A Nuclear-Armed Saddam Hussein Who Can Threaten Not Only His Neighbors, But
The Stability Of The Region And The World, A Very Serious Threat To The United
States." (Senator Hillary Clinton [D-NY], Press Conference, January 22, 2003)
Sen. Clinton: "In The Four Years Since The Inspectors, Intelligence
Reports Show That Saddam Hussein Has Worked To Rebuild His Chemical And Biological Weapons
Stock, His Missile Delivery Capability, And His Nuclear Program. ... It Is Clear, However,
That If Left Unchecked, Saddam Hussein Will Continue To Increase His Capability To
Wage Biological And Chemical Warfare And Will Keep Trying To Develop Nuclear
Weapons." (Sen. Hillary Clinton, Congressional Record, 10/10/02, p. S10288)
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV):
S "The Last U.N. Weapons Inspectors Left Iraq In October Of 1998. We Are
Confident That Saddam Hussein Retains Some Stockpiles Of Chemical And Biological Weapons,
And That He Has Since Embarked On A Crash Course To Build Up His Chemical And Biological
Warfare Capabilities. Intelligence Reports Indicate That He Is Seeking Nuclear
Weapons ..." ("Threats And Responses," The New York Times,
10/4/02)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):
Pelosi: "Others Have Talked About This Threat That Is Posed By Saddam Hussein. Yes,
He Has Chemical Weapons, He Has Biological Weapons, He Is Trying To Get Nuclear
Weapons." (Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Record, 10/10/02, p. H7777)
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA):
Sen. Kerry: "The Crisis Is Even More Threatening By Virtue Of The Fact That
Iraq Has Developed A Chemical Weapons Capability, And Is Pursuing A Nuclear
Weapons Development Program." (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 10/2/90, p.
S14332)
Sen. Kerry: "If You Don't Believe ... Saddam Hussein Is A
Threat With Nuclear Weapons, Then You Shouldn't Vote For Me." (Ronald
Brownstein, "On Iraq, Kerry Appears Either Torn Or Shrewd," Los Angeles Times,
1/31/03)
Former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC):
Sen. Edwards: "Serving On The Intelligence Committee And Seeing Day After Day, Week
After Week, Briefings On Saddam's Weapons Of Mass Destruction And His Plans On Using Those
Weapons, He Cannot Be Allowed To Have Nuclear Weapons, It's Just That
Simple. The Whole World Changes If Saddam Ever Has Nuclear Weapons." (MSNBC's
"Buchanan And Press," 1/7/03)
Sen. Edwards: "The Question Is Whether We're Going To Let
This Man [Saddam] Who's Been Developing Weapons Of Mass Destruction Continue
To Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Get Nuclear Capability, And Get To The
Place Where If We're Going To Stop Him, If He Invades A Country Around Him, It'll Cost
Millions Of Lives As Opposed To Thousands Of Lives." (MSNBC's "Hardball,"
2/6/03)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV):
Reid: "The Problem Is Not Nuclear Testing; It Is Nuclear Weapons ... The Number Of
Third World Countries With Nuclear Capabilities Seems To Grow Daily. Saddam
Hussein's Near Success With Developing A Nuclear Weapon Should Be An Eye-Opener For Us
All." (Sen. Harry Reid, Congressional Record, 8/3/92, p. S11188)
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN):
Bayh: "In My Opinion - And I Do, As You Know, I'm Fairly Hawkish On Iraq. I'm
Inclined To Support Going In There And Dealing With Saddam. But I Think That Case Needs To
Be Made On A Separate Basis - His Possession Of Biological And Chemical Weapons, His
Desire To Get Nuclear Weapons, His Proven Track Record Of Attacking His Neighbors And
Others." (CNN's "Late Edition," 8/4/02)
Bayh: "The Question Is, Do You Want Saddam Hussein Having Chemical
Weapons, Having Biological Weapons, Possibly One Day Having A Nuclear Weapon? Do
You Want To Have To Deal With That? And If The Answer Is No, Then What Do You Do
About It And When Do You Do Something About It?" (CNN's "Live
Event/Special," 12/1/01)
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE):
Biden: "First Of All, We Don't Know Exactly What He Has. ... We Know He
Continues To Attempt To Gain Access To Additional Capability, Including Nuclear Capability.
There Is A Real Debate How Far Off That Is, Whether It's A Matter Of Years Or Whether It's
A Matter Of Less Than That, And So There's Much We Don't Know." (NBC's "Meet The
Press," 8/4/02)
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM):
Richardson: "The Threat Of Nuclear Proliferation Is One Of The Big Challenges That We
Have Now, Especially By States That Have Nuclear Weapons, Outlaw States Like Iraq."
(ABC's "Good Morning America," 5/29/98)
Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI):
Feingold: "With Regard To Iraq, I Agree, Iraq Presents A Genuine Threat,
Especially In The Form Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Chemical, Biological, And
Potentially Nuclear Weapons. I Agree That Saddam Hussein Is Exceptionally Dangerous And
Brutal, If Not Uniquely So, As The President Argues." (Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI],
Congressional Record, 10/9/05, p. S10147)
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL):
Nelson: "And My Own Personal View Is, I Think Saddam Has Chemical And
Biological Weapons, And I Expect That He Is Trying To Develop A Nuclear Weapon.
So At Some Point, We Might Have To Act Precipitously." (CNN's "Late
Edition," 8/25/02)
Nelson: "Well, I Believe He Has Chemical And Biological Weapons. I
Think He's Trying To Develop Nuclear Weapons. And The Fact That He Might Use
Those Is A Considerable Threat To Us." (CNBC, "Tim Russert," 9/14/02)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA):
Harman: "I Certainly Think [Saddam's] Developing Nuclear Capability,
Which, Fortunately, The Israelis Set Back 20 Years Ago With Their Preemptive Attack,
Which, In Hindsight, Looks Pretty Darn Good." (Fox News' "The Big Story,"
8/27/02)
Former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO):
"Gephardt Said He's Seen 'A Large Body Of Intelligence Information Over A Long Time
That He Is Working On And Has Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Before 1991,
He Was Close To Having A Nuclear Device. Now, You'll Get A Debate About Whether It's One
Year Away Or Five Or Six." (Morton M. Kondracke, "Gephardt Pushes Consensus
Action Against Iraq Threat," Roll Call, 9/23/02)
Former Secretary Of State Madeline Albright:
Madeline Albright: "Iraq Is A Long Way From [Here], But What Happens There Matters A
Great Deal Here, For The Risk That The Leaders Of A Rogue State Will Use Nuclear,
Chemical Or Biological Weapons Against Us Or Our Allies Is The Greatest Security Threat We
Face, And It Is A Threat Against Which We Must And Will Stand Firm."
("Secretary Of State Madeleine Albright, Secretary Of Defense William Cohen And
National Security Adviser Sandy Berger Participate In Town Hall Meeting," Federal
News Service, 2/18/98)
Former Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL):
Sen. Graham: "I Don't Know If I've Seen All The Evidence, But I've Seen Enough
To Be Satisfied That There Has Been A Continuing Effort By Saddam Hussein Since
The End Of The Gulf War, Particularly Since 1998, To Re-Establish And Enhance
Iraq's Capacity Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Chemical, Biological And Nuclear."
(CBS' "Face The Nation," 12/8/02)
WMDs - The Democrat Betrayal - Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:00 PM
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