...26 August Cheney repudiated Powell's approach. Cheney declared that weapons inspectors were futile: 'A return of inspectors would provide no assurance whatsoever of his compliance with United Nations resolutions ... on the contrary, there is a great danger that it would provide false...

...threw down the gauntlet during his speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars event on August 26, 2002: "A person would be right to question any suggestion...resolutions. On the contrary, there is a great danger it would provide false comfort that Saddam was somehow 'back in his box.'" He continued with a call...

...threw down the gauntlet during his speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars event on August 26, 2002: "A person would be right to question any suggestion...resolutions. On the contrary, there is a great danger it would provide false comfort that Saddam was somehow 'back in his box."' He continued with a call...

...threw down the gauntlet during his speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars event on August 26, 2002: "A person would be right to question any suggestion...resolutions. On the contrary, there is a great danger it would provide false comfort that Saddam was somehow 'back in his box.'" He continued with a call...

...and against us," Cheney advanced the view that going to the United Nations would itself be dangerous: A return of inspectors would provide no assurance...compliance with UN resolutions. On the contrary, there is great danger that it would provide false comfort that Saddam was somehow "back in the box." Cheney,...

...and declared the proposed renewal of UN inspections to resolve the WMD crisis a dangerous illusion: "Saddam has perfected the game of cheat and retreat,...very skilled in the art of denial and deception." The Cheney speech, widely received as a bald statement of US unilateralism, generated a political firestorm...