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And yes, snoopes does contradict him. His quotes are from different time periods, some being before Clinton's people declared the threat over.
No one disputed that the quotes are from prior time periods. However, Clinton’s own people, when making the case for their action, indicated that Saddam has to meet his obligations under the cease fire agreement. They further indicated that Saddam would at some point restart his weapons program. As we know, Saddam was not meeting his obligations under the cease fire agreement in 2002/3 and it was alleged that his program had been restarted (and not just by the US). Hence the relevancy.
So, they meant nothing to the 2003 and debate.
Of course they do. History doesn't happen in a vaccuum. History didn't start on the day Bush was elected. Many things happened that brought us to that point.
It shows a pattern of behavior by Saddam. He was really just waiting for Bush to send some rockets at him (as Clinton did) then restart his weapons program with the people that still had knowledge of the program.
From interviews conducted by the FBI after Saddam’s capture:
"And that was his intention?" Pelley asks.
"Yes," Piro says.
"What weapons of mass destruction did he intend to pursue again once he had the opportunity?" Pelley asks.
"He wanted to pursue all of WMD. So he wanted to reconstitute his entire WMD program," says Piro.
"Chemical, biological, even nuclear," Pelley asks.
"Yes," Piro says.