CLASSIC QUOTES FROM OUR NATION'S POLICY MAKERS:

"I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk..."
-- Defense Policy Board Member Ken Aldelman, 2/13/02

"Simply stated, There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
-- Vice President Dick Cheney, 8/16/02

"We do know that (Saddam) is actively pursuing a nuclear weapon."
-- National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, 9/10/02

"It is not knowable how long that conflict would last. It could last, you know, six days, six weeks, I doubt six months."
-- Secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfield, 2/7/03

"My belief is we will in fact, be greeted as liberators."
-- Cheney, 3/16/03

"We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon."
-- Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, 3/27/03

"We know where (the weapons) are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and East, West, North and South somewhat."
-- Rumsfeld, 3/3/03

"Iraq will not require sustained aid."
-- OMB, Director Mitch Daniels, 3/28/03

"Major combat operations have ended."
-- President George W. Bush, 5/1/03

"A year from now I'd be surprised if there's not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush."
-- Former Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle, 9/22/03