--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/10/06 6:21:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > A few examples among many: > > Bush speech, October 2002: > > "We know that Iraq and the Al Qaeda terrorist network share a common > enemy -- the United States of America. We know that Iraq and al Qaeda > have had high-level contacts that go back a decade. > > "We've learned that Iraq has trained Al Qaeda members in bomb-making > and poisons and deadly gases. And we know that after September the > 11th, Saddam Hussein's regime gleefully celebrated the terrorist > attacks on America. . . . Confronting the threat posed by Iraq is > crucial to winning the war on terror." > > "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on > Sept. 11, 2001. . . . The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in > the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of Al Qaeda. . . . > Our war against terror is proceeding according to the principles that > I have made clear to all: Any person involved in committing or > planning terrorist attacks against the American people becomes an > enemy of this country and a target of American justice." > > Bush "Mission Accomplished" speech, May 1, 2003: > > "The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against > terror.We have not forgotten the victims of September the 11th -- the > last phone calls, the cold murder of children, the searches in the > rubble. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters > declared war on the United States. And war is what they got." > > "If we're successful in Iraq.we will have struck a major blow right > at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the > terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most > especially on 9/11." [NBC's Meet the Press, 9/14/03] > > Bush speech, September 11, 2003: > > "We're going to a church service to remember the victims, pray for > their families, victims of 9/11, 2001. Today, this afternoon, Laura > and I are here to thank the brave souls who got wounded in the war on > terror, people who are willing to sacrifice in order to make sure > that attacks such as Sept. 11 don't happen again." > > Cheney on Meet the Press, September 14, 2003: > > "If we're successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a good > representative government in Iraq, that secures the region so that it > never again becomes a threat to its neighbors or to the United > States, so it's not pursuing weapons of mass destruction, so that > it's not a safe haven for terrorists, now we will have struck a major > blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base > of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, > but most especially on 9/11 . . . > > "So what we do on the ground in Iraq, our capabilities here are being > tested in no small measure, but this is the place where we want to > take on the terrorists. This is the place where we want to take on > those elements that have come against the United States, and it's far > more appropriate for us to do it there and far better for us to do it > there than it is here at home." > > Bush speech, June 2005: > > "They are trying to shake our will in Iraq - just as they tried to > shake our will on September 11, 2001. > > "The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of > September 11 ⦠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." > > > I have no problem with any of these statements. Obviously the issue is the > overall War on terrorism of which Iraq is a part of. There is no accusation > that Saddam was involved in the 911 attacks. >
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