Latest Notable Statements by Consevatives About 2003 Iraq War

Dick Cheney in 2007 continued to make the false allegation that Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11: ...the fact of the matter is, in terms of threats to the United States from al Qaeda, for example, attacks on the United States -- they didn't need an excuse. We weren't in Iraq when they hit us on 9/11 .

Dick Cheney falsely implied links of well known al Qaeda terrorists to Iraq: You've got to remember that the Osama bin Laden-types, the al Qaeda-types, the Zarqawi-types that have been active in Iraq are betting that ultimately they can break the United States' will .

Dick Cheney speaking at the National Press Club about Iraq falsely claimed that I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered . In fact, military and intelligence agencies repeatedly warned of the threats, but these were ignored.

Dick Cheney falsely claimed in 2004: This was a place [Iraq] where if there was a potential nexus between the terrorists and one hand and access to knowledge and the technology of WMD on the other, it's Iraq.

The Iraq Survey Group report in 2004 contradicted Cheney's assertion that Saddam Hussein had reconstituted his nuclear weapons program, finding that Iraq's ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after the Persian Gulf War ended in 1991.

Nine months after the invasion of Iraq, Dick Cheney continued to justify the invasion: We'll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions .