"I believe that Iraq has reconstituted its nuclear weapons capability" Did Cheney say this?

Question

well....republicans? Did he? and where are they? and before you say iran of timbutku or whatever, please provide tells us why you are disputing the official government stance on this.

Answer 1

I believe the quote is a little off. From Meet the Press, here is what I think you are looking for. Transcript for March 16, 2003

MR. RUSSERT: And even though the International Atomic Energy Agency said he does not have a nuclear program, we disagree?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I disagree, yes. And you’ll find the CIA, for example, and other key parts of our intelligence community disagree. Let’s talk about the nuclear proposition for a minute. We’ve got, again, a long record here. It’s not as though this is a fresh issue. In the late ’70s, Saddam Hussein acquired nuclear reactors from the French. 1981, the Israelis took out the Osirak reactor and stopped his nuclear weapons development at the time. Throughout the ’80s, he mounted a new effort. I was told when I was defense secretary before the Gulf War that he was eight to 10 years away from a nuclear weapon. And we found out after the Gulf War that he was within one or two years of having a nuclear weapon because he had a massive effort under way that involved four or five different technologies for enriching uranium to produce fissile material.

We know that based on intelligence that he has been very, very good at hiding these kinds of efforts. He’s had years to get good at it and we know he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. ElBaradei frankly is wrong. And I think if you look at the track record of the International Atomic Energy Agency and this kind of issue, especially where Iraq’s concerned, they have consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing. I don’t have any reason to believe they’re any more valid this time than they’ve been in the past.



Out of quote

Just want to make sure we are on the same page.

Answer 2

And Clinton took them out, he never put combat troops in Iraq, nor would he, and it was you Republicans that were complaining about Operation Desert Fox and complaining about the 1996 Anti-terrorist bill the Republicans didn't want to pass, 5 years before 9/11!

"He didn't say he had nuclear weapons." Some one actually said this. What does "RECONSTITUTED " mean?

Oh yea, he said that a a lot more lies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYI7JXGqd0o

Answer 3

If he did, it was accurate. He didn't say he had nuclear weapons. Do you speak English? Was English your native language? Do you know what buying yellow cake from Niger means?

Answer 4

so did Clinton, so did the French, Germans, etc etc etc ....

http://www.worldthreats.com/middle_east/Iraq-WMD.htm

and your point is?