The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.
George W. BushAs you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's - ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions - you can't - we're out of sanctions.
George W. BushI mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein: 'You're a threat'. And the 9/11 attacks accentuated that threat, as far as I'm concerned.
George W. Bush