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1) After September the 11th, I made a commitment to the American people: This nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom. We will take the fight to the enemy. Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war.
Iraq did not attack us and there were no terrorist in Iraq, until Bush attacked Iraq.
2) We are removing a source of violence and instability, and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren.
How is starting a war with Iraq, a foundation for peace?
3) And when the Middle East grows in democracy and prosperity and hope, the terrorists will lose their sponsors, lose their recruits, and lose their hopes for turning that region into a base for attacks on America and our allies around the world.
Bush opened the region up to them. Sadam was evil, but he did a mighty fine job of keeping the terrorist out of Iraq.
4) The terrorists -- both foreign and Iraqi -- failed to stop the transfer of sovereignty. They failed to break our Coalition and force a mass withdrawal by our allies. They failed to incite an Iraqi civil war. They failed to prevent free elections. They failed to stop the formation of a democratic Iraqi government that represents all of Iraq's diverse population. And they failed to stop Iraqis from signing up in large number with the police forces and the army to defend their new democracy.
If sovereignty has been transferred, then what are we still doing over there? I would say they already have a civil war. But the terrorist sure wre good at suppressing the vote. (Must have gotten lessons from Bush.) Very few of Iraq’s citizens are defending their new democracy.
5) The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September the 11th, if we abandon the Iraqi people to men like Zarqawi, and if we yield the future of the Middle East to men like Bin Laden. For the sake of our nation's security, this will not happen on my watch.
Then why on earth did you attack Iraq, and create a ew breading ground for them?
6) Today Iraq has more than 160,000 security forces trained and equipped for a variety of missions.
The actual number of Iraq troops trained for combat is less than 2000.
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