[Tennessean4Bush]

Wow! This is an awesome speech!

[Lando Lincoln]

This man's leadership impresses me more each day.

[MinorityRepublican]

Al-Qaeda attacked the US, not the other way round. Were the people of Bali in the forefront of the anti-terror campaign? Did Indonesia 'make itself a target'? The terrorists won't be nice to us if we're nice to them. When Saddam drew us into the Gulf war, he was not provoked. He invaded Kuwait.

That's right. We never wanted to be in the war of terrorism. But we are drawn into it, and we must finish the job. That means eliminating dictators like Saddam Huessin.

[Rocko]

Bump.

[Cindy]

ALERT...

JOY JUNCTION.org: "ARE BRITISH MUSLIMS PLANNING SURPRISE TERROR ATTACK IN THE UK?" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 15, 2003)
http://www.joyjunction.org/bulletin/showarticle.php?threadid=329&postid=352
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COMPUTER WORLD:
UPDATE: OMAR BAKRI: MUHAMMAD: BIN LADEN'S MAN IN LONDON" by Dan Verton
(November 18, 2002)
http://www.idg.net/english/crd_bakri_965289.html

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WWW.MEMRI.DE: "RADICAL ISLAMIST PROFILES: SHEIK OMAR BAKRI MUHAMMAD IN LONDON" by Yotam Feldner (December 24, 2001)
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:_UOyqYdvgsEC:www.memri.de/uebersetzungen_analysen/themen/islamistische_ideologie/isl_bakri_24_10_01.pdf+%22Omar+Bakri+Muhammad%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Diddley]

[So if the result of peace is Saddam staying in power, not disarmed, then I tell you there are consequences paid in blood for that decision too. But these victims will never be seen, never feature on our TV screens or inspire millions to take to the streets. But they will exist none the less.]

This is the sad reality not acknowledged by most "war protestors".

[Right_in_Virginia]

"If there are 500,000 on the [Stop the War] march, that is still less than the number of people whose deaths Saddam has been responsible for. If there are one million, that is still less than the number of people who died in the wars he started."

Powerful stuff; worth repeating.

[eeriegeno]

The need to disarm Iraq seems to me to be a 'no-brainer.' Maybe that's what the problem is with the French, Germans, and hans Blix?

[arkady_renko]

"The terrorists won't be nice to us if we're nice to them."

This is the whole matter distilled down to its essence. They will not be nice to us because we carry signs and sing folk songs. They will loathe that weakness even more.

AR

[baseballmom]

Thanks for posting this Pokey. Very powerful words. I'm just amazed that the opposition can't see it. Or, is it that they don't want to see it?

[MeekOneGOP]

Excellent ! Thanks for the post !

This bears repeating. Not too unlike Churchill's speech of yesteryear?

But there are also consequences of 'stop the war'. There will be no march for the victims of Saddam, no protests about the thousands of children that die needlessly every year under his rule, no righteous anger over the torture chambers which if he is left in power, will remain in being.

I rejoice that we live in a country where peaceful protest is a natural part of our democratic process. But I ask the marchers to understand this.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour. But sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

If there are 500,000 on the [Stop the War] march, that is still less than the number of people whose deaths Saddam has been responsible for. If there are one million, that is still less than the number of people who died in the wars he started.

So if the result of peace is Saddam staying in power, not disarmed, then I tell you there are consequences paid in blood for that decision too. But these victims will never be seen, never feature on our TV screens or inspire millions to take to the streets. But they will exist none the less.

[GretchenEE]

bump