WMD:

While campaigning in 2002, President Bush said the following:

		WHEN (2002)	WHERE	WHAT
1		OCT 14	Michigan	September the 11th changed the equation, changed our thinking. It also changed our thinking when we began to realize that one of the most dangerous things that can happen in the modern era is for a deceiving dictator who has gassed his own people, who has weapons of mass destruction to team up with an organization like al Qaeda.
2		OCT 28	Colorado	[Saddam is] a person who claims he has no weapons of mass destruction, in order to escape the dictums of the U.N. Security Council and the United Nations -- but he's got them
3		OCT 28	New Mexico	He's got weapons of mass destruction.
4		OCT 31	South Dakota	There is a threat in Iraq. And the threat exists because a leader there not only has denied and deceived the world about whether or not he's got weapons of mass destruction, but this is a guy who's used weapons of mass destruction. He not only has them, he's used them.
5		NOV 01	New Hampshire	We know he's got chemical weapons, probably has biological weapons.
6		NOV 02	Tennessee	We know that this is a man who has chemical weapons, and we know he's used them.
7		NOV 02	Atlanta, Georgia	He's a man who has said he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction, but he's got them.
8		NOV 02	Florida	He's a man who has said he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction, but he's got them. ... You know, not only does he have weapons of mass destruction, but, incredibly enough, he has used weapons of mass destruction.
9		NOV 03	Minnesota	This is a man who not only has got chemical weapons, I want you to remind your friends and neighbors, that he has used chemical weapons.
10		NOV 03	Illinois	I see the world the way it is. Saddam Hussein is a threat to America. He's a threat to our friends. He's a man who said he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction, yet he has them.
11		NOV 03	South Dakota	Saddam Hussein is a man who told the world he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction, but he's got them.
12		NOV 04	Texas	He said he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction -- he has weapons of mass destruction. ... Not only has he got chemical weapons, but I want you to remember, he's used chemical weapons.
13		NOV 04	Arkansas	This is a man who told the world he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction, promised he wouldn't have them. He's got them. ... He said he wouldn't have chemical weapons, he's got them.
14		NOV 04	Missouri	He said he wouldn't have chemical weapons; he's got them.

And from the "leave within 48 hours" address of 17 March 2003:

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

And while we're at it, Bush also made claims for an Iraqi - al Qaeda connection at least 11 times on the campaign trail last year.

posted by Quiddity at 4/16/2003 11:14:00 PM