He told the world he would disarm 11 years ago, and he's lied to the world. It's their choice to make. He must disarm, just like he said he would do. And the United Nations, in order to be effective, must disarm him. But for the sake of our freedom, for the sake of our future, if nothing happens, the United States will lead a coalition to hold him to account and to disarm Saddam Hussein.
We owe it to the world to do so. Security Council demands. But, if not -- if not, there's -- we have the will and the desire, as do other nations, to disarm Saddam.
It's up to him to make that decision and it's up to the United Nations. And we'll determine here soon whether the United Nations has got the will, and then it's up to Saddam to make the decision. Acting against the danger will also contribute greatly to the long-term safety and stability of our world. The current Iraqi regime has shown the power of tyranny to spread discord and violence in the Middle East.
A liberated Iraq can show the power of freedom to transform that vital region, by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions. America's interests in security, and America's belief in liberty, both lead in the same direction: to a free and peaceful Iraq. Justifications for a War Against Iraq Date Justification Policy 20 January Inaugural Address "We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors. We will enforce the no-fly zone, both south and north.
Our intention is to make sure that the world is as peaceful as possible. And we're going to watch very carefully as to whether or not he develops weapons of mass destruction, and if we catch him doing so we'll take the appropriate action.
And if we find him doing so, there will be a consequence. That means they're not very effective. And we're going to work together to figure out a way to make them more effective. They range from terrorists who threaten with bombs to tyrants in rogue nations intent upon developing weapons of mass destruction.
To protect our own people, our allies and friends, we must develop and we must deploy effective missile defenses. We must work together with other like-minded nations to deny weapons of terror from those seeking to acquire them. We must work with allies and friends who wish to join with us to defend against the harm they can inflict. And together we must deter anyone who would contemplate their use. The USS Constellation carrier battle group and its 10, sailors are plying the waters of the Persian Gulf, enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq.
The threats that the ABM Treaty addressed no longer exists; no longer exists. There are new threats, new forms of terror: cyberterrorism, fundamentalist extremists, extremism that certainly threatens us, threatens Israel, who is our strong ally and friend, threatens Russia. We've got to deal with it. The threat in Europe at sometime, perhaps.
We must deal with that issue. And one way to do that is coordinate security arrangements, is to talk about how to -- as to how to deal with the new threats, but also is to be able to have the capacity to rid the world of blackmail, terrorist blackmail" Missile Defense 7 August Press Conference "As I said, Saddam Hussein is a menace, he's still a menace and we need to keep him in check, and will.
Q Are they ratcheting it up, though? We've had a lot of incidents lately. He's been a menace forever, and we will do -- he needs to open his country up for inspection, so we can see whether or not he's developing weapons of mass destruction. And that not only is a threat to our own land, it's also a threat to our forward-thinking foreign policy.
Take, for example, some nation in the Middle Eastern area developing a weapon of mass destruction and then threatening the United States if we were to move troops into an area to protect an ally.
And we must have the freedom and the flexibility to develop effective defenses against those attacks. Defending the American people is my highest priority as Commander in Chief, and I cannot and will not allow the United States to remain in a treaty that prevents us from developing effective defenses.
And I also meant what I said, that I look forward to working with the world to bring pressure on those nations to change their behavior. But make no mistake about it, if we need to, we will take necessary action to defend the American people. Containment, Unilateral Action 16 February Speech to the Troops in Alaska "One of the most dangerous things that can happen to the future of our nation is that these kind of terrorist organizations hook up with nations that develop weapons of mass destruction.
And as you know, I'm going to the Korean Peninsula to talk about that very subject. On the one side of a parallel we've got people starving to death, because a nation chooses to build weapons of mass destruction. And on the other side there's freedom. And it's important for those of us who love freedom to work with nations to convince them to choose freedom.
And as people in our government know, last June, I made the decision that we would extend the offer for dialogue. We just haven't heard a response back yet.
And how we end up doing that is a matter of the diplomats. The great Secretary of State will be able to handle the details. But the offer stands, and if anybody's listening involved with the North Korean government, they know that the offer is real, and I reiterate it today.
I said this is a losing method. We need to avoid this type of war. Up to that time, I was reluctant to use these methods [missile attacks on Iranian territory] to reach Iran. I knew this would cause other problems. When we started hitting Iran, the Iranians responded. We returned everything in equal measure. Shusha was the key to the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Now Baku wants to turn the fabled fortress town into a resort. Best Defense Thomas E. Ricks' daily take on national security. By Thomas E. December 21, , AM. Photo credit: Amazon. Thomas E. Ricks covered the U. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment gmail.
Twitter: tomricks1. Tag: Military. The tension grew as the knot of soldiers heard a hollow "thunk" sound and heard a comrade call out to get their attention.
The Arabic translator One of the soldiers looking down into the hole shouted "Movement! We have someone coming up. A few of the soldiers The wild hair and shaggy beard surprised some soldiers who imagined that Saddam would have kept his "presidential" appearance, so as to marshal support while on the run. When he was thrust face down on the ground, the interpreter yelled at him "Who are you? What is your name? Around p. The scruffy-looking man had once bragged about going down in a blaze of glory and defiance; he had terrified millions and buried thousands of his own citizens in mass graves scattered throughout the nation, yet all he could muster after hearing the translation was a dull, blank stare.
The [American] troops pulled away the Styrofoam cover to reveal a hole about six by eight feet deep, barely wide enough for Saddam to wriggle into and lie down. Termed a "spider hole" by exultant military leaders, it provided just enough space to lie down; it was camouflaged with bricks and dirt, with an air vent sufficient to permit its occupant to remain underground for long periods.
Saddam was unkempt and dirty. The former dictator was captured quickly and with no loss of life. Saddam was searched, shaved, immediately identified by other detainees, and imprisoned while DNA tests were obtained for absolutely positive identification. One Iraqi woman said, "It's like he's a goat," as she watched images of the shaggy and obviously rattled tyrant being searched that were broadcast on worldwide television the next day.
The takedown was rich with irony, and even in those formative moments carried the seeds of controversy that would later infect the trial of Saddam. He was captured just across the river from one of his many ornate palaces. Iraqis delighted to see him emerge from hiding underground like an animal. The contrast showed just how powerless he was at the hands of the coalition forces.
Although the insurgency could have been fed by images of a defiant and dignified Saddam being treated with cruelty by imperialist occupiers, the former dictator's blank stare was captured in a photograph that inspired no nationalist fervor across Iraq or in the broader Arab world as it was broadcast around the world.
Saddam would later try to rebuild his shattered image by appealing to the insurgents more than a dozen times as his televised trial progressed. Saddam's capture at the hands of U. Rather than maintaining the image of the omnipresent leader whose will was dominant in Iraqi society, he looked like a scruffy, defeated year-old man whose days would best be spent doing crossword puzzles and sipping chai tea at the market.
No one will ever know with certainty, but it is likely that the strategy of disrupting the trial and denying its legitimacy was born in the minute that Saddam was humiliated before the cameras of the world. Meanwhile, I was in the Convention Center conducting a training session for a group of judges and prosecutors who had been tentatively screened by the Iraqis to preside over war crimes trials.
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