Please provide a quote if you can. Thanks.
2007-05-01 00:32:38 · 8 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To say he used the actual word " imminent"- no. Did he imply that a threat of a an attack from Iraq was- yes
For example
On September 26, 2002, President Bush repeated a claim put forth by British intelligence that "the Iraqi regime could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order were given." On September 28, he again made the claim in his weekly radio address."
This implies an immediacy of an attack .
2007-05-01 01:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that he actually used the word 'imminent'
Here are some Bush quotes:
"The threat comes from Iraq. ... The Iraqi regime ... possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. It has given shelter and support to terrorism, and practices terror against its own people. The entire world has witnessed Iraq's eleven-year history of defiance, deception and bad faith.
Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must disarm.
Many Americans have raised legitimate questions: about the nature of the threat; about the urgency of action ... the threat from Iraq stands alone ..
Some ask how urgent this danger is to America and the world. The danger is already significant, and it only grows worse with time. ... America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
Sounds like he was implying that the threat was imminent.
Despite being 100% bullsh*t.
2007-05-01 07:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Joe M 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, he was only worried about Iraq after the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, Afghanistan's Taliban, and Kuwait....wait! Not sure if that's the order!
And since the oil reserves been dwindling, too!
2007-05-01 07:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The regime . . . has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda. The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country, or any other."
Source: President Says Saddam Hussein Must Leave Iraq Within 48 Hours, White House (3/17/2003).
Close enough?
2007-05-01 07:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
No... he said that the UN failed to enforce the 17 sanctions.
2007-05-01 07:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by duck 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't know that he ever did.
If he did, he was obviously wrong.
If he didn't, why did we start a war?
2007-05-01 07:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Charlie S 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think he said he shot a skirrle cause he cant say squirrel
2007-05-01 07:36:05 · answer #7 · answered by q6656303 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope...not once!
2007-05-01 07:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋