For the Record

Bush, at U.N.: “Saddam Hussein’s regime is a grave and gathering danger. To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence. To assume this regime’s good faith is to bet the lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble. And this is a risk we must not take.” . . . National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on ABC: “If the United Nations does not want to become the League of Nations, it is really going to have to act.” . . . Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz, in Washington Times: “This is not something where you can wait until you have clear evidence. In fact, one of the fundamental points that Sept. 11 should have brought home to us is that you may not have a clear case after the fact, because the nature of terrorism is that it operates in the shadows, and it could be a way for a country that wants to do us harm to do it in a semianonymous way.” . . . Wolfowitz, in New York Times: “Intentions and capabilities are the way you think about warfare. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the way you think about law enforcement.”

Pentagon adviser Richard Perle tells inthenationalinterest.com: “If I had to guess, I would predict that Saddam ultimately would be destroyed by his own forces, whose loyalty he has good reason to question.” . . . Gov. Bill Owens (R., Colo.): “The best way to protect our homeland is to take the fight to Saddam’s homeland.” . . . Sen. Jon Kyl(R., Ariz.): “We are in a race to the finish line with a brutal dictator: Either he will obtain a nuclear arsenal that he can use to threaten the world or we will act to stop him.” . . . More Kyl, on whether Saddam Hussein will agree to real inspections: “It’s probably in the when-cows-fly category of probability.” . . . ABC News poll: 68 percent favor military action against Iraq, and 65 percent approve of Bush-administration handling of Iraq. . . . Newsweek poll: 63 percent say Bush has done “good job explaining U.S. policy toward Iraq.” . . . Democratic pollster Mark Mellman on Iraq and upcoming elections, in Washington Post: “We’d rather have the newspapers filled with discussions of pensions.” . . . White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey says war on Iraq may cost up to $200 billion, according to Wall Street Journal.

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Bush, at U.N.: “Saddam Hussein’s regime is a grave and gathering danger. To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence. To assume this regime’s good faith is to bet the lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble. And this is a risk we must not take.” . . . National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on ABC: “If the United Nations does not want to become the League of Nations, it is really going to have to act.” . . . Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz, in Washington Times: “This is not something where you can wait until you have clear evidence. In fact, one of the fundamental points that Sept. 11 should have brought home to us is that you may not have a clear case after the fact, because the nature of terrorism is that it operates in the shadows, and it could be a way for a country that wants to do us harm to do it in a semianonymous way.” . . . Wolfowitz, in New York Times: “Intentions and capabilities are the way you think about warfare. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the way you think about law enforcement.”

Pentagon adviser Richard Perle tells inthenationalinterest.com: “If I had to guess, I would predict that Saddam ultimately would be destroyed by his own forces, whose loyalty he has good reason to question.” . . . Gov. Bill Owens (R., Colo.): “The best way to protect our homeland is to take the fight to Saddam’s homeland.” . . . Sen. Jon Kyl(R., Ariz.): “We are in a race to the finish line with a brutal dictator: Either he will obtain a nuclear arsenal that he can use to threaten the world or we will act to stop him.” . . . More Kyl, on whether Saddam Hussein will agree to real inspections: “It’s probably in the when-cows-fly category of probability.” . . . ABC News poll: 68 percent favor military action against Iraq, and 65 percent approve of Bush-administration handling of Iraq. . . . Newsweek poll: 63 percent say Bush has done “good job explaining U.S. policy toward Iraq.” . . . Democratic pollster Mark Mellman on Iraq and upcoming elections, in Washington Post: “We’d rather have the newspapers filled with discussions of pensions.” . . . White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey says war on Iraq may cost up to $200 billion, according to Wall Street Journal.