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fiat_knoxDECEMBER 2004
"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."
2004
"It seems to me that it's up to all of us to try to tell the truth, to say what we know, to say what we don't know, and recognise that we're dealing with people that are perfectly willing to, to lie to the world to attempt to further their case and to the extent people lie of, ultimately they are caught lying and they lose their credibility and one would think it wouldn't take very long for that to happen dealing with people like this."
MARCH 2003
"We know where they [Iraq's WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat."
FEBRUARY 2003
"And it is not knowable if force will be used [in Iraq], but if it is to be used, it is not knowable how long that conflict would last. It could last, you know, six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."
OCTOBER 2002
"[Osama bin Laden is] either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive."
SEPTEMBER 2002
"No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq."
FEBRUARY 2002
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
MAY 2001
"Once in a while, I'm standing here, doing something. And I think: 'What in the world am I doing here?' It's a big surprise."
Will there be a decent parting quote from him this November 2006? That's got to be one of the great unknown unknowns ... or is it one of the known unknowns?
Or an unknown known?
Who knows.
Bush is quoted as having said "A fresh perspective is needed at the Pentagon." I think the fresh perspective is bloody well needed at the White House, too.
"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."
2004
"It seems to me that it's up to all of us to try to tell the truth, to say what we know, to say what we don't know, and recognise that we're dealing with people that are perfectly willing to, to lie to the world to attempt to further their case and to the extent people lie of, ultimately they are caught lying and they lose their credibility and one would think it wouldn't take very long for that to happen dealing with people like this."
MARCH 2003
"We know where they [Iraq's WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat."
FEBRUARY 2003
"And it is not knowable if force will be used [in Iraq], but if it is to be used, it is not knowable how long that conflict would last. It could last, you know, six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."
OCTOBER 2002
"[Osama bin Laden is] either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive."
SEPTEMBER 2002
"No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq."
FEBRUARY 2002
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
MAY 2001
"Once in a while, I'm standing here, doing something. And I think: 'What in the world am I doing here?' It's a big surprise."
Will there be a decent parting quote from him this November 2006? That's got to be one of the great unknown unknowns ... or is it one of the known unknowns?
Or an unknown known?
Who knows.
Bush is quoted as having said "A fresh perspective is needed at the Pentagon." I think the fresh perspective is bloody well needed at the White House, too.
