I would challenge you to find any statement by him like that during that time frame.
The first time those statements came out of this Administration was last month.
I would challenge you to find any statement by him like that during that time frame.
Here's what the administration implied from September:
September 16, 2002
The measure should give the Iraqi president "a matter of weeks" to comply with long-standing U.N. resolutions on his weapons program, Powell said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/12/attack/main521836.shtml
September 14, 2002
“We’re talking days and weeks, not months and years,” the president said in outlining his request for a UN-imposed deadline on Saddam.
http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/09/14/story395723059.asp
September 13, 2002
President Bush called on the United Nations Thursday to move quickly -- within a matter of weeks, according to his advisers -- to enforce its resolutions demanding Iraq's disarmament.
Bush aides say they would like to see the issue play out in a six- to eight-week period....."We cannot wait months for him to comply," a senior administration official said.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/12/bush.speech.un/