Howard Dean

On the Iraq War

“[He and others] have never been in doubt about the evil of Saddam Hussein or the necessity of removing his weapons of mass destruction.” (March 17, 2003) [1]

"Losing the peace in Iraq is not an option. Now that we are there, we can't leave... The more important thing is, from the point of view of national security, if chaos ensues in Iraq or if a fundamentalist regime comes in, the likelihood that Al Qaeda might come in or the Iranians is very dangerous for the United States." (2003) [2]