Posted on 09/21/2005 1:30:11 AM PDT by ElderEdda
Please don't leave before the job is done.
BAGHDAD--There is no more important international issue today than the need to defeat the curse of terrorism. And as the first democratically elected president of Iraq, I have a responsibility to ensure that the world's youngest democracy survives the inherently difficult transition from totalitarianism to pluralism. A transformation of the Iraqi state and Iraqi society is impossible without a sustained commitment of soldiers from the United States and other democracies.
Americans should be proud of what its soldiers have achieved. The presence of foreign forces has prevented a renewed civil war in Iraq--renewed because there has already been a civil war in Iraq. For 35 years, Saddam and his Baath Party made war on the Iraqi people. The liberation of Iraq ended that civil war...
Above all, American forces provide Iraq with a much-needed deterrence capability. In the past, Iraq sought an illusory security through the follies of aggression, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Today, our external security comes from our alliance with the United States. Our neighbors can thereby be assured that we will settle all of our differences with them peacefully.
Without American forces, the vision of American leadership and the quiet fortitude of the American people, Iraqis would be almost alone in the world. With its allies, the United States has provided Iraqis with an unprecedented opportunity. Iraqis have responded by enthusiastically embracing democracy and volunteering to fight for their country. By giving us the tools, your troops help us to defend Iraqi democracy and to finish the job of uprooting Baathist fascism.
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Can't wait to see this story splashed all over the MSM!
(Heavy Sarcasm!!!)
How can we possibly get this message out with so much liberal media against war and - that President Bush was right!!!
Ain't gonna happen.
Sorry to sound so negative.
The usual sources will talk about it, Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham, Savage, and the like. But, you won't see it broadcast to the masses.
It's pretty depressing. When you think that the majority of Americans think on a fairly conservative level, yet not enough of them will take the bull by the horns and study who really is and really isn't "conservative" when it comes to the elections.
What is conservative anyway? GW? I really don't think so anymore.
About the most conservative member of Congress right now is Tancredo. And he's thought of, by his peers, as borderline nutball.
They'll say it was a coerced (sp?) speech. Words placed in mouth by the warlords of Amerika.
The message is out. It is now on Free Republic. FR is now the news! MSM, liberal media, is no mo. They are really no longer players. The media now consists of: FR, The Blogosphere, and Radio talkshows, and the internet in general. MSM, RIP!
I forgot Fox News.
I sometimes wonder abot Fox News!
"They'll say it was a coerced (sp?) speech. Words placed in mouth by the warlords of Amerika."
Or else that he's a collaborator and deserves to be killed by the Iraqi "minutemen"...
"Every terrorist attack on Iraqi forces leads to a surge in military recruitment--the opposite of the appeasers' myth that resisting terrorism causes more terrorism."
Coming from the "horse's mouth", this should be a nice poke in the eye for Mother Sheehan and the rest.
Great post and a belated WELCOME ABOARD!
It's ridiculous that we have to rely on foreign leaders to destroy the DNC's talking points. This infighting between Sunni, Shea, and others has been going on for a long time. It is just now being dealt with and reigned in.
When the MSM implies that the presence of the U.S.A. caused the fighting the administration should counter it with Talabani's statement.
"Every terrorist attack on Iraqi forces leads to a surge in military recruitment--the opposite of the appeasers' myth that resisting terrorism causes more terrorism."(I added the bold)
You mean Mutha Sheehan don't you?
The American left would prefer you live by the law of the shredder than the laws of democracy.
CONCLUSION:
Americans should be proud of what its soldiers have achieved. The presence of foreign forces has prevented a renewed civil war in Iraq--renewed because there has already been a civil war in Iraq. For 35 years, Saddam and his Baath Party made war on the Iraqi people. The liberation of Iraq ended that civil war.
Above all, American forces provide Iraq with a much-needed deterrence capability. In the past, Iraq sought an illusory security through the follies of aggression, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Today, our external security comes from our alliance with the United States. Our neighbors can thereby be assured that we will settle all of our differences with them peacefully.
Sadly, some of our neighbors have chosen not to understand this. They seem either unwilling or unable to shut off the pipeline of terrorists crossing into Iraq. And in addition to what is at least passive support for the terrorists, some of them are providing financial and material support to them, too. They must desist from this behavior now.
While the problem of some of our neighbors supporting terrorism is bad enough, we can only imagine what our neighbors might have done if American troops had not been present. Most likely, Iraq would have been transformed into a regional battlefield with disastrous consequences for Middle Eastern and global security.
Without American forces, the vision of American leadership and the quiet fortitude of the American people, Iraqis would be almost alone in the world. With its allies, the United States has provided Iraqis with an unprecedented opportunity. Iraqis have responded by enthusiastically embracing democracy and volunteering to fight for their country. By giving us the tools, your troops help us to defend Iraqi democracy and to finish the job of uprooting Baathist fascism.
I thought this story was about New Orleans...
Why is it that the Iraqis and the right-wing conspiracy are the only ones who KNOW there are WMDs.
Alas, even with the Iraqi president telling the world, those Libs will still not believe it!
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