US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Date: 2002-07-31, quoted in Tara Golshan and Alex Ward (2019-10-15), "Joe Biden’s Iraq problem", Vox

Saddam Hussein's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, in my view, is one of those clear dangers. Even if the right response to his pursuit is not so crystal clear, one thing is clear. These weapons must be dislodged from Saddam Hussein, or Saddam Hussein must be dislodged from power.

— Joe Biden

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Saddam Hussein's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, in my view, is one of those clear dangers. Even if the right response to his pursuit is not so crystal clear, one thing is clear. These weapons must be dislodged from Saddam Hussein, or Saddam Hussein must be dislodged from power." in the context of "US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Date: 2002-07-31, quoted in Tara Golshan and Alex Ward (2019-10-15), "Joe Biden’s Iraq problem", Vox" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joe Biden

About Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009.