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“Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.” (8/4/2002) [http://www.democracynow.org/2004/1/27/democracy_now_questions_democrats_about_previous][http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/05/29/weapons-of-mass-destruction-who-said-what-when/] | “Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.” (8/4/2002) [http://www.democracynow.org/2004/1/27/democracy_now_questions_democrats_about_previous][http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/05/29/weapons-of-mass-destruction-who-said-what-when/] | ||
"Why not over the course of the last decade, when Saddam Hussein, to our knowledge, continued to build up his weapons of mass destruction and the most dangerous and threatening means to deliver them on targets near and far, constantly ignoring and violating resolutions of the United Nations, growing more ominous a threat to his neighbors and to the world?" (10/8/2002) [http://web.archive.org/web/20080926092526/http://authforce.liberatedtext.org/021008/cr08oc02-142_01.html] | |||
"Saddam was threatening the stability of the entire region. He'd shown that by his actions. I believe that the evidence is very clear that he was developing weapons of mass destruction. Obviously we don't have evidence that he had a big program. But the most official and comprehensive report show that's true." (1/20/2011, MSNBC's "Morning Joe") [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/joe-lieberman-insists-ira_n_811509.html] | "Saddam was threatening the stability of the entire region. He'd shown that by his actions. I believe that the evidence is very clear that he was developing weapons of mass destruction. Obviously we don't have evidence that he had a big program. But the most official and comprehensive report show that's true." (1/20/2011, MSNBC's "Morning Joe") [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/joe-lieberman-insists-ira_n_811509.html] | ||
== Vote on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq == | |||
Lieberman voted yes on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/who-voted-to-authorize-fo_b_85652.html]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:17, 11 June 2015
On Iraq War[edit]
“Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.” (8/4/2002) [1][2]
"Why not over the course of the last decade, when Saddam Hussein, to our knowledge, continued to build up his weapons of mass destruction and the most dangerous and threatening means to deliver them on targets near and far, constantly ignoring and violating resolutions of the United Nations, growing more ominous a threat to his neighbors and to the world?" (10/8/2002) [3]
"Saddam was threatening the stability of the entire region. He'd shown that by his actions. I believe that the evidence is very clear that he was developing weapons of mass destruction. Obviously we don't have evidence that he had a big program. But the most official and comprehensive report show that's true." (1/20/2011, MSNBC's "Morning Joe") [4]
Vote on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq[edit]
Lieberman voted yes on the authorization of the use of force in Iraq [[5]]