"America will lead by defending liberty and justice because they are right and true and unchanging for all people everywhere."
"No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private property; free speech; equal justice; and religious tolerance."
"America will take the side of brave men and women who advocate these values around the world, including the Islamic world, because we have a greater objective than eliminating threats and containing resentment. We seek a just and peaceful world beyond the war on terror."
Child, since you are incorrect regarding when President Bush first began talking about this "greater objective," as he put it, how do you know you are correct about your assessment of the battle for Iraq?
I was not incorrect about this at all. What I said was that nobody was talking about the "greater objective" in the context of the war in Iraq. It's important to remember that the quotes you presented are from the 2002 State of the Union address, not the 2003 address that was made only two months before the war began. If the address you cited had been given in 2003 instead of 2002, a lot more people may have recognized the rationale for war in Iraq for the hoax that it turned out to be.