Dick Cheney Iraq Quotations

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been during the first term when we stripped Libya and Iraq and A.Q. Khan and their capacity to proliferate nuclear technology.

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; 'consistent' is not one of them.

We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.

Our mission in Iraq is a great undertaking and part of a larger mission that the United States accepted now more than two years ago. September 11, 2001 changed everything for this country.

I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.

It’s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that al-Qaeda sent personnel to Iraq for training and so forth.

His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.

We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.

The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.

Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.

I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.

I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.

What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

The senator has got his facts wrong, ... I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.

A precipitous withdrawal from Iraq would be a victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations and a terrible blow for the future security of the U.S.,

They overlook a fundamental fact, ... We were not in Iraq on Sept. 11, 2001, and the terrorists hit us anyway.