Scott McClellan Quotes About War

• The collapse of the administration's rationales for war, which became apparent months after our invasion, should never have come as such a surprise. In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation. If it had, the country would have been better served.

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  Scott McClellan

  Country   War   Media  

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, April 21, 2008.

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• Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members or affiliated terrorists during a time of war. The American people expect their leaders to stay a step ahead of the enemy, and the National Security Agency authorization is a critical tool in the War on Terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time.

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  War   Communication   Agency  

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• Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

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  Scott McClellan

  War   Mistake   Unnecessary  

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.13, PublicAffairs

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• It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait.

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  War   Kuwait   America  

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• The Iraq war was not necessary.

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  Scott McClellan

  War   Iraq   Iraq War  

  "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception". Book by Scott McClellan, June 3, 2008.

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• As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve. In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.

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  Scott McClellan

  War   Opportunity   Greatness  

  Scott McClellan (2008). “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception”, p.131, PublicAffairs

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