...that Iraq has trained al-Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases." He continued: "Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for...smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."15 Still, the public had doubts about a war on the other side of the world against a dictator...

...a nuclear weapon. Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for...gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. . . . Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi...

...apposite examples of 'What if?' framing: America must not ignore the threat gathering against us ... we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. (Bush, 2002) We are in mortal danger of mistaking the nature of the new world in which we live....

...'imminence' means in relation to terrorism. As George W. Bush (2002) put it, when it comes to terrorism, 'we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking...gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud'. One way of rethinking 'imminence' without undermining the legal and moral balance would be...

...States had to finish off the Iraqi dictator. "Facing clear evidence of peril," he told the audience, "we cannot wait for the final proof— the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."84 There was no specific reference to obtaining uranium from Africa. The CIA had won this round,...

...by transferring chemical or biological weapons to a terrorist group. After 9/11, the United States "cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. . . . Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi...

...latter consideration, as when he said in a speech before the war that Americans could not wait for "the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."19 Before the war, there was insufficient discussion of the proposition that rogue state proliferators,...

...war, no phrase was more useful to Bush or to his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, than Gerson's "the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."13 Gerson was included in the tiny (six-person) group that made Iraq policy, the White House...

...Nations General Assembly, September 12, 2002 16 America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for...gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. President George W. Bush, October 7, 2002 17 27746 Part Lindd 8 3/20/08 3:36:40 PM WEAPONS OF...

...less than a year. Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for...gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. And so the weapon designed to end war and make America invulnerable now appeared to loom over...