In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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And when it comes to a so-called smoking gun, they say the burden of proof is on the Iraqis to prove they do not have weapons of mass destruction -- not on the United States or the United Nations to prove they do. Thus far, ... Iraq has been unwilling to do so. Its declaration was false. We're nearing the end of the road, and with every other option exhausted.Donald Rumsfeld
I share your hopes and expectations for the Department of Defense and for the armed forces of the United States of America, ... I am an enthusiastic supporter of those goals.
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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off."
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Our objective is not to create dependency but to encourage Iraqi independence, by giving Iraqis increasing responsibility, over time, for the security and governance of their country, ... Because long-term stability comes not from the presence of foreign forces but from the development of functioning local institutions. The sooner Iraqis can take responsibility for their own affairs the sooner U.S. forces can come home.
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We are sending very clear messages to people around Saddam that they would be well-advised not to use those weapons, ... In the event, they do, they would wish they hadn't.
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