"The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression."

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For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.

— Sandy Berger