The Miami Herald | 09/12/2002 | Text of President Bush's speech to the United Nations on Iraq

We know that Saddam Hussein pursued weapons of mass murder even when inspectors were in the country. Are we to assume that he stopped when they left? The history, the logic and the facts lead to one conclusion. 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.

Listen, I have a lot of problems with this administration. And I think a lot of the reason they're pushing war with Iraq is to rescue GHWB's legacy. And they're taking advantage of 9-11 to pursue Saddam, who was tangentially involved at most.

That doesn't mean that they're wrong. We will have to fight Saddam. Maybe now, maybe later. But we will have to fight, and I would rather do it before he has nuclear weapons.