Which Idiot U.S President Made this Statement?

Question

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. We want to seriously reduce his capacity to threaten his neighbors".

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/transcripts/clinton.iraq/

Answer 1

President William Jefferson Clinton - 1998 .

And thank you for making this public again !!

Answer 2

Here is the thing. We did seriously diminish the threat from Saddam's WMD's and seriously diminished his capacity to threaten his neighbors with 10 years of sanctions and inspections. Force was not necessary. Granted, Saddam was not a shining example of capitulation and cooperation but it was clear after the return of UN inspectors, after 10 years of sanctions and no-fly zones that he was no threat to us at all, and an unlikely threat to the region.

The war was trumped up on a false claim of WM D's and a false claim of a connection to the mostly Saudi Arabian 9/11 terrorists.

We did not have to use force to make the world safe from Saddam Hussein. We had virtually done it already.

So I would ask, Which US president invaded a country that posed little threat with such a poor plan that we are now in a 4th year of a quagmire with no end in sight?

Answer 3

"Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors."

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html

Answer 4

I'd just like to point out that opposition to Bush's war in Iraq and opposition to Clinton's policy regarding that same country are not mutually exclusive.

Answer 5

After that statement was made, the UN inspectors were in Iraq and Saddam was being cooperative. The UN inspectors were not finding any WMDs in 2003 and asked for more time to complete their inspections. Bush however forced them to leave because he was anxious to invade. As you know, no WMDs were found.

Iraq posed no threat to the US and that was pointed out before the invasion. Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden is making videos and we are bogged down in Iraq.

Answer 6

All this shows is that Saddam had played everybody to this point. He launched them on Iran in the 80s and just the threat of them made Iran stay on their side of the border. Up until Bush he rode the same bluff for years. "Don't attack or I'll unleash my arsenal." Bush decided to fight. And here we are.

So, Clinton said it but Bush did it.

Answer 7

So what does something said in 1998 have to do with what was done in 2003? The weapons inspectors who were in Iraq in December of 2002 reported no evidence of WMDs.

Answer 8

President Clinton, or better known as Slick Willy, he never had much time to care for America, or else he would have caught Bin Laden.

Answer 9

Was that the same one who disarmed Saddam without firing a single shot?

Is that why there were no WMD's after Chimpenstein attacked?

Is that fact the one fact that will force America to arrest and imprison Bushmaster-oil-thief....Because there WERE NO WMD's in Iraq which PROVES BUSH LIED US INTO THIS WAR!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

Those people who say that Clinton never tried to to get Sadam really are ill informed.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WYNI5RPOlp4

Watch this video...

From fox news.