Echolalia is the meaningless repetition of words or phrases associated with forms of dementia and aphasia. In the build-up to the war in Iraq certain phrases were endlessly repeated to the point where these empty rhetorical phrases were confused with concrete facts. I tried to record as many instances of people repeating the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” as I could stand and represent these statements in a way that draws attention to the deadening effect of their repetition, however emphatically they are expressed.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 George W. BushSelf | Self |
 Ari FleischerSelf | Self |
 John AshcroftSelf | Self |
 Tony BlairSelf | Self |
 Tariq AzizSelf | Self |
 Colin PowellSelf | Self |
| RRichard ButlerSelf | Self |
| JJeremy GreenstockSelf | Self |
 Suzanne MalveauxSelf | Self |
| JJohn NegroponteSelf | Self |
| VVictoria ClarkeSelf | Self |
| PPaul WolfowitzSelf | Self |
| EEdward KennedySelf | Self |
| BBill ArkinSelf | Self |
 Joe BidenSelf | Self |