He did NOT say the threat was imminent. Where are you people getting this stuff from? This is what Bush said, "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent... Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option."
No, that was the statement he made when revising history. He and his administration did contend in earlier speeches that Saddam was indeed an imminent threat to the US. The quote you have selected was said when he had already started backpedaling.
No, that was the statement he made when revising history. He and his administration did contend in earlier speeches that Saddam was indeed an imminent threat to the US. The quote you have selected was said when he had already started backpedaling.
You people are shameless. The quote I selected was from the freaking State of the Union speech which he gave almost two months BEFORE we invaded Iraq. He was revising history even before it happened? Pretty neat trick.
Here's the entire quote (minus the elipse): "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?
If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option."
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Originally posted by zaphod_beeblebrox
He did NOT say the threat was imminent. Where are you people getting this stuff from? This is what Bush said, "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent... Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option."
No, that was the statement he made when revising history. He and his administration did contend in earlier speeches that Saddam was indeed an imminent threat to the US. The quote you have selected was said when he had already started backpedaling.
I'm curious.
Originally posted by BR
No, that was the statement he made when revising history. He and his administration did contend in earlier speeches that Saddam was indeed an imminent threat to the US. The quote you have selected was said when he had already started backpedaling.
You people are shameless. The quote I selected was from the freaking State of the Union speech which he gave almost two months BEFORE we invaded Iraq. He was revising history even before it happened? Pretty neat trick.
Here's the entire quote (minus the elipse): "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?
If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option."
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