Posted on 09/02/2006 7:53:33 AM PDT by Salvation
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 2, 2006
President's Radio Address
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In Focus: National Security
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I spoke to the American Legion in Salt Lake City. I thanked the military veterans for their lifetime of service to our country. And I gave them an update on the war that America is now fighting in defense of freedom in our time.
We're approaching the fifth anniversary of the September the 11th attacks -- and since that day, we have taken the fight to the enemy. Yet this war is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. On one side are those who believe in freedom and moderation -- the right of all people to speak, worship, and live in liberty. On the other side are those driven by tyranny and extremism -- the right of a self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest. We did not ask for this war, but we're answering history's call with confidence -- and we will prevail.
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A vital part of our strategy to defeat the terrorists is to help establish a democratic Iraq, which will be a beacon of liberty in the region and an ally in the global war on terror. The terrorists understand the threat a democratic Iraq poses to their cause, so they've been fighting a bloody campaign of sectarian violence, which they hope will plunge that country into a civil war. Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war. They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, while the overwhelming majority want peace and a normal life in a unified country. America will stand with the Iraqi people as they protect their new freedom -- and build a democracy that can govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself.
Working side-by-side with Iraqi forces, we recently launched a major new campaign to end the security crisis in Baghdad. This operation is still in its early stages, yet the initial results are encouraging. The people of Baghdad are seeing their security forces in the streets, dealing a blow to criminals and terrorists. According to one military report, a Sunni man in a diverse Baghdad neighborhood said this about the Shia soldiers on patrol: "Their image has changed. Now you feel they are there to protect you." Over the coming weeks and months, the operation will expand throughout Baghdad -- until Iraq's democratic government is in full control of the capital. This work is difficult and dangerous, but Iraqi forces are determined to succeed -- and America is determined to help them.
Here at home, some politicians say that our best option is to pull out of Iraq, regardless of the situation on the ground. Many of these people are sincere and patriotic -- but they could not be more wrong. If America were to pull out before Iraq can defend itself, the consequences would be disastrous. We would be handing Iraq over to the terrorists, giving them a base of operations and huge oil riches to fund their ambitions. And we know exactly where those ambitions lead. If we give up the fight in the streets of Baghdad, we will face the terrorists in the streets of our own cities. The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror, and that depends on victory in Iraq, so America will not leave until victory is achieved.
For all the debate, American policy in the Middle East comes down to a straightforward choice: We can allow the Middle East to continue on the course that led to September the 11th -- and a generation from now, our children will face a region dominated by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons. Or we can stop that from happening, by rallying the world to confront the ideology of hate, by supporting the forces of liberty and moderation in the region, and by helping give the people of the Middle East a future of hope. And that is the choice America has made.
The path to victory will be uphill and uneven, and it will require more patience and sacrifice from our Nation. Yet we can be confident of the outcome, because America will not waver -- and because the direction of history leads toward freedom.
Thank you for listening.
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Very good message there. I may copy it and use it myself (if that is OK with you.)
Thanks so much for adding your take to the thread.
Thanks Salvation.
FYI, we have update on partially declassified available Iraq WMD Report from April. Keep for record.
http://pajamasmedia.com/2006/09/_exclusive_secret_iraq_wmd_rep.php
I really think I should email this and many other graphic pictures and videos to the media and every DNC office (as well as senator and congressperson), daily. W cannot lose focus... he has to do what he has to... damn the rest.
If we had a Beslan situation on our land... they still wouldn't get it.
This is a global guerrila war with a nationless/stateless enemy... this is what some of the public doesn't get. This is unlike any war ever fought. It has to be fought... now. They are changing laws and with the help of the ACLU, CAIR and others, are attempting to dhimmify this country as they are doing Europe. Everybody needs to wake up. Anyplace they rest their head, find shelter, get funding, preach hate or send out their propaganda... has to be taken out.
If those on the left don't get life and death... and even help those in and out of our country/shill for them in the media, it's way past time to suspend habeus corpus and bring sedition and treason charges against all those involved. If this had been done at the beginning, (along with more sacrifices from us the American people, as in previous wars... so we could be invested in this great cause), you wouldn't have this problem now. They choose to call our president a dictator... not knowing that they wouldn't be able to speak and undermine, had he been one.
As for me and my house, if it goes hand to hand... so be it. For the future of all children in this country and following generations, we have to fight this as long as it takes. If some choose to tattoo the dotted line around their necks and refuse to notice no 'moderate, peaceloving muslims' within the gazillions aren't speaking against it... that's on them.
Terror loves death, libs love death. We love life... this is the difference.
Speaking of that, check it out:
Hezbollah Is Working Openly in Venezuela!!
(btw, they have been there a long time... that should explain their leader a bit more for you).
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/
And heads up.
http://www.publiuspundit.com/?p=2895#respond
Mr Bush is focusing on protecting America, what is most important for the DNC?
Botox.
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