What he said

Text: Bush on Iraq (washingtonpost.com)
Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war and every measure will be taken to win it.
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We are a peaceful people, yet we are not a fragile people. And we will not be intimidated by thugs and killers.

The price of being the only superpower left is that occasionally you have to risk France's disapproval.