“According to the United Nations Special Commission [UNSCOM], which carried out inspections in Iraq for the better part of a decade, Iraq possesses some 25,000 liters of anthrax. This is, for the record, more than 5 million teaspoons of anthrax. And we have no idea where any of it is. Saddam Hussein has never accounted for one grain of it.” IdeasNationsUnitedMillionsRecordsSpecialIraqDecadesNo IdeaGrainSaddamUnited NationsHusseinInspectionAnthraxTeaspoons Author:Richard Armitage
“What we said publicly is that we know that Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons, he's used them; we know about his biological weapons programs; and in the nuclear equation, left to his own devices, with no fissile material, by the end of the decade, he'll have a nuclear weapon. But if fissile material is provided to Saddam Hussein, he'll have a nuclear weapon within a year, so I'd say the year is the outside timetable.” IfsKnowsYearsSaidEndsUsedLeftMaterialsWeaponsProgramIraqDecadesNuclearDevicesChemicalsNuclear WeaponsSaddamEquationsHusseinChemical WeaponsTimetablesBiological Weapons Author:Richard Armitage
“Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.” MeanTodayActionOrderNationsWaitingEnemyRecordsDangerProtectWeaponsMassDestructionIraqTrackHarmStrikesContemplatingSeptemberSaddamHusseinTransfersSeptember 11Weapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTrack RecordSeptember 11thWait For Him Author:Richard Armitage
“I think when I close my eyes what I think is 4,500 days or so, 4,250 I guess days, was long enough to give Iraq to come into compliance with the international order. And I think to myself how many Iraqi citizens died under the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein during those 4,200 odd days, and I think to myself how many more citizens of how many nations, the United States, Israel, or any other neighbor would die if Saddam Hussein went unchecked, though I am just grieved by the sacrifice of our brave men and women, but I think ultimately the greater good is served.” IfsThinkingMenGivingLongStatesEnoughEyeOrderDiesNationsUnitedUnited StatesGreaterSacrificeCitizensMen And WomenDiedBraveInternationalIraqIsraelNeighborOddRegimesBrutalSaddamHusseinBrave ManComplianceGreater Good Author:Richard Armitage
“I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.” IfsKnowsEndsWould BeBraveThe End Of The DaySaddamHusseinBodyguard Author:Richard Armitage
