“We didn't chop off his head [during the Gulf War] and he's around, ... He's developing weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological. We know that within three to five years he'll have nuclear weapons.”
Chris Shays
“It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.”
Senator John Kerry
“War only empowers; those who are behind the war.”
Enrique Vega
“Basically the DOD just, without any hesitation, said, This is not due to their experience in the Gulf War. And so the DOD was just totally in denial.”
Christopher Shays
“You cannot be in the Gulf without being impacted -- it looks like a war zone. It's beyond comprehension to see this kind of devastation, but very sobering and enlightening for us to be there.”
Christina Harrison
“If all the steel is heading to the Gulf for rebuilding because of (Hurricane) Katrina, it could increase our costs.”
Paul Taylor
“We are now going to be commemorating ten years since the end of the Gulf War, ... I think all of us are aware that the Middle East today in 2001 is a far more dangerous region that it was in 1991. Now that is not a reason to not pursue peace. But that is a reason to pursue a policy of peace with security.”
Zalman Shoval