The price of doing nothing [in Iraq] exceeds the price of taking action, if we have to. We'll do everything we can to minimize the loss of life. The price of the attacks on America, the cost of the attacks on America on September the 11th were enormous. They were significant.
But Iraq isn't responsible for the 9/11 attacks, so we're talking about apples and oranges here, Dubya. Prime time press conference, White House, Mar. 6, 2003