"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -- President Bush, State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003
"There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there (in Iraq). My answer is, 'Bring them on'."
-- George W. "Chicken Hawk" Bush to White House reporters, July 2, 2003
"Success is not no violence. ... But success is a level of violence where the people feel comfortable about living their daily lives."
-- George W. Bush, May 2, 2007
"I am quite confident that what I've heard from the Iraqis of their plans this week, that we will be able together, and with them in the lead, we will be able to make an improvement in the security situation in Baghdad."
-- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates,
Dec. 22, 2006
"It's exciting times for the Iraqi people."
-- George W. Bush, Jan. 26, 2005
"I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."
-- Vice President Dick "Shotgun" Cheney, May 30, 2005
"I think we are going to succeed in Iraq, I think the evidence is overwhelming."
-- Dick "What's he smoking?" Cheney, March 19, 2006
Dead U.S. troops: 3,675 (including 3,033 acknowledged combat deaths)
Dead Iraqi civilians: 55,664 - 61,369
Dead Iraqi soldiers: 10,000+
Weapons of mass destruction found: 0
What the U.S. media doesn't tell us
"Salam Pax"
"Riverbend"
"We suffer when we lose life. Our country is a country that grieves with those who sacrifice."
-- George W. Bush, Aug. 8, 2003
Oh, sure ...
"We've made good progress. Iraq is more secure.''
-- George W. Bush, Aug. 8, 2003
Bold leadership ...
"I was fully prepared to turn this baby (Air Force One) around, come home."
-- George W. Bush, Nov. 27, 2003 (on what he would have done if news of his secret trip to Baghdad had leaked)
