Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.