Karl Rove: "Nobody who has a family member serving in the military wants a war. "

http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/04-04-07/OG-KARLROVE.asp

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“It’s the defining issue of our generation, whether we like it or not,” said Rove. “Nobody wants a war. Nobody who has a family member serving in the military wants a war. But I bet every one of you knows with absolute precision where you were on the morning of 9/11 when we were hit and we got in a war.”

He said that terrorists took the country’s measure in how it responded to attacks in the past.

“They made a determination that America was weak and confused, and unable and unwilling to respond,” said Rove.

“This president, however, said, ‘We’re going to do things differently. We will change the foreign policy of the United States.’ And it started with what’s called the Bush Doctrine. It says if you feed a terrorist, harbor a terrorist, train a terrorist, fund a terrorist, you’re just as bad as a terrorist, and we’re coming for you,” said Rove.

“We did the right thing by removing Saddam Hussein from power. He was a danger to the region. He was a danger to our security. He used weapons of mass destruction on his own people. He wanted the world to believe that he had weapons of mass destruction. The previous administration, this administration and all the major intelligence services of the world thought he had weapons of mass destruction,” said Rove.

“The enemy chose the aftermath of his fall from power to make Iraq now the central front in the global war on terror. It’s not the war we chose. It’s the front that they chose. It’s the battle they wanted,” said Rove. “We all wish global terrorism was no longer around to threaten ourselves and our country, but it would not be like the United States of America to leave our promises unkept, our friends abandoned and our own security at risk.”