“If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.” IfsBelieveMayUseForceLosesLandPossibilityWeaponsSurvivalMassDestructionKillingIsraelNuclearInnocentExpertsSoilChemicalsRegimesNuclear WeaponsThreatenedAssaultSaddamCiviliansInvasionIsraeliWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionNothing To LoseBiological Weapons Author:Edward Kennedy
“With overwhelming military strength now deployed against him and with intense monitoring from space surveillance and the U.N. inspection team on the ground, any belligerent move by Saddam against a neighbor would be suicidal....If Iraq does possess such concealed weapons, as is quite likely, Saddam would use them only in the most extreme circumstances, in the face of an invasion of Iraq, when all hope of avoiding the destruction of his regime is lost.” IfsDoeUseWould BeFacesMovingLostSpaceTeamMilitaryCircumstancesWeaponsDestructionIraqExtremesNeighborIntenseOverwhelmingRegimesAvoidingSaddamSuicidalInvasionSurveillanceConcealedInspectionMonitoringConcealed Weapons Author:Jimmy Carter
“Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts.” WellsChildrenHomeSocialWifeDestructionTownsTradeUnionsDemocraticVariousIllegalOrgansInvasionApprovedBelgiumMassacresTrade UnionsGuerrillas Author:Clara Zetkin
“At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'.” DoeSaidTwoBookUsedDutyDestructionAgreeLibraryOfficersBurnedEgyptStampsInvasionSuperfluousHereticCaliphsAlexandriaOmar Author:Nils Kjaer
“It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's absolutely true and that's why we're not sending anybody to Iraq.” ClearWeaponsMassDestructionErrorsIraqInvasionWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionEvaluation Author:Stephen Harper
“In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.” WarHomeLeftLossMilitaryDestructionKillingSoldierObjectivesBurningCivil WarMarchDestroyingCiviliansInvasionCropsGeorgia Author:John Pugsley
“I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.” BigsDoubtWeaponsMassDestructionIraqStoresNo DoubtInvasionWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionWmdWmds In Iraq Author:Kenneth Adelman
“Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.” ForceWeaponsMassDestructionIraqAdministrationPlentyInvasionWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionWmdWmds In Iraq Author:Robert Kagan
“I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.” ThinkingFoundHeardWeaponsMassDestructionIraqOfficialsInvasionWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionWmds In Iraq Author:Ari Fleischer