```

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 869 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 869

Informing the American people of our Nation's progress in the world War 
on Terror, defining the situation and the stakes in the battle against 
the terrorist enemy in the sovereign, democratic, and united nation of 
 Iraq, and declaring the unwavering dedication of the United States to 
 defend humanity, expand liberty, defeat the terrorist enemy, and win 
                        the world War on Terror.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2006

Mr. McCotter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
   the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

 
Informing the American people of our Nation's progress in the world War 
on Terror, defining the situation and the stakes in the battle against 
the terrorist enemy in the sovereign, democratic, and united nation of 
 Iraq, and declaring the unwavering dedication of the United States to 
 defend humanity, expand liberty, defeat the terrorist enemy, and win 
                        the world War on Terror.

Whereas for over a decade the terrorist enemy has targeted and murdered innocent 
        Americans because our free republic will never waver in our devotion to 
        our liberty and equality, or in the defense of humanity;
Whereas the terrorist enemy's attacks upon our people tragically culminated in 
        the murder of over 3,000 innocent Americans on September 11, 2001;
Whereas in this unsought struggle from the ashes we rose, and with our allies 
        courageously engaged the terrorist enemy in the world War on Terror, a 
        painful, purposeful, and inherently noble battle for the survival of our 
        country and humanity's free future;
Whereas the world War on Terror will be won by the United States and our allies' 
        successful eradication of the terrorist enemy, the elimination of state 
        sponsorship of the terrorist enemy, the defense of our homeland and all 
        humanity from the terrorist enemy's wanton murder, the prevention of the 
        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the expansion of liberty 
        to our fellow human beings, and the promotion of a clarion vision of and 
        a transition to a more hopeful, peaceful, and prosperous life for 
        oppressed peoples;
Whereas in the world War on Terror, the United States and our allies have 
        achieved momentous victories through the liberation of Afghanistan from 
        the odious rule of the terrorist-sponsoring Taliban, the renunciation by 
        Libya of its terrorist practices and pursuit of weapons of mass 
        destruction, the peaceful resolution of Lebanon's Cedar revolution, 
        which freed its people from Syrian oppression, and the incipient 
        expansion of democratic rights within other Middle Eastern nations;
Whereas all of these and other victories were achieved through the courageous 
        and, in the most sorrowful instances, the ultimate, sacrifices of 
        Americans, our allies, and these nations' citizens;
Whereas however, other necessary steps along the path to unconditional victory 
        in the world War on Terror have proven less swift, especially in Iraq, 
        where the murderous, terrorist-sponsoring, rogue regime of Saddam 
        Hussein was summarily vanquished, but the now sovereign, democratic, and 
        united nation's new birth of freedom still hangs in the balance;
Whereas the United States and our allies are not at war with the sovereign, 
        democratic, and united nation of Iraq's government or its lawful 
        citizens, but with the terrorist enemy in Iraq who would again enslave 
        free Iraqis beneath a sadistic dictatorship;
Whereas the terrorist enemy, itself, has declared Iraq the central theater in 
        the world War on Terror, because the sovereign, democratic, and united 
        nation of Iraq will eliminate rather than abet the terrorist enemy, end 
        Iraq's use as a staging base for terrorist attacks against the United 
        States, our allies, and all of humanity, serve as a beacon of hope to 
        oppressed peoples throughout the world, and severely damage the 
        terrorist enemy's ability to pursue its invidious strategy to subjugate 
        the broader Middle East and elsewhere under a barbarous yoke of 
        totalitarianism;
Whereas the military personnel and civilians of the United States, our allies, 
        and Iraq have heroically and historically sacrificed of themselves, even 
        unto death, in the great moral undertaking of attaining and sustaining a 
        free, sovereign, and united Iraqi state and, thereby, of advancing the 
        cause of victory in the world War on Terror;
Whereas it is the commitment of the United States and our allies to finish our 
        mission by facilitating Iraq's establishment of the security forces 
        necessary to unilaterally eradicate its terrorist enemy within, by the 
        reconstruction of Iraq's local and national economy and infrastructure, 
        and by the preservation and promotion of Iraq's nascent democracy from 
        its local town councils to its national government;
Whereas as evidenced by the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of 
        al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi security forces are steadily assuming a growing 
        proportion of independent operations and responsibilities from the 
        United States and our allies' forces in theater, and the final 
        transition to Iraqi control of security within Iraq is attainable;
Whereas then, if the United States and its allies abandon Iraq, and any 
        sovereign democracy, in the face of terrorist attack, the enemy will 
        have won this battle, will have its horrific tactics rewarded and, so 
        emboldened, will intensify its dark quest for world dominion;
Whereas in such an event, betrayed Iraqis in the tens of thousands will be 
        butchered;
Whereas in such an event, every sacrifice, however great, of American, allied, 
        and Iraqi military personnel and civilians in the cause of liberty and 
        humanity will be squandered and desecrated; and
Whereas then, the stakes in securing a sovereign and self-sustaining Iraqi 
        democracy, and this immediate goal's inseparability from the overarching 
        goals of defending humanity, expanding liberty, and winning the world 
        War on Terror, render the United States, our allies, and the Iraqi 
        people duty-bound to prosecute this mission to its honorable and 
        essential completion: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the terrorist enemy for commencing the world's 
        unsought world War on Terror by murdering thousands of 
        Americans and our fellow human beings across the globe;
            (2) affirms our Nation's devotion to our liberty and 
        equality, and our defense of humanity from the barbaric 
        terrorist enemy;
            (3) recognizes the progress made in the world War on Terror 
        in other nations of the world, including Afghanistan, Canada, 
        Central Asia, Colombia, Europe, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, 
        Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and 
        Yemen;
            (4) calls upon all nations and their citizens to 
        courageously engage the terrorist enemy throughout the world's 
        War on Terror, in order to nobly save humanity's free future;
            (5) reaffirms the United States dedication to winning the 
        world War on Terror by eradicating the terrorist enemy, 
        eliminating state sponsorship of the terrorist enemy, defending 
        our homeland and all humanity from the terrorist enemy's wanton 
        murder, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass 
        destruction, expanding liberty to our fellow human beings, and 
        promoting a clarion vision of and a more hopeful, peaceful, and 
        prosperous life for oppressed peoples;
            (6) recognizes the battle for a sovereign, democratic, and 
        united Iraq is presently the central theater in the world War 
        on Terror;
            (7) reaffirms that the United States and our allies are not 
        at war with the sovereign, democratic, and united nation of 
        Iraq's government or its lawful citizens, but with the 
        terrorist enemy in Iraq who would again enslave free Iraqis 
        beneath a sadistic dictatorship;
            (8) reaffirms the United States will never abandon a 
        sovereign democracy which is under terrorist attack;
            (9) recognizes and reaffirms the sovereign, democratic, and 
        united nation of Iraq will eliminate rather than abet the 
        terrorist enemy, end Iraq's use as a staging base for terrorist 
        attacks against free peoples, serve as a beacon of hope to 
        oppressed peoples throughout the world, and severely damage the 
        terrorist enemy's ability to pursue its invidious strategy to 
        subjugate the broader Middle East and elsewhere under a 
        barbarous yoke of totalitarianism;
            (10) reaffirms the commitment of the United States and our 
        allies to finish our mission by facilitating Iraq's 
        establishment of the security forces necessary to unilaterally 
        eradicate its terrorist enemy within, by the reconstruction of 
        Iraq's local and national economy and infrastructure, and by 
        the preservation and promotion of Iraq's nascent democracy from 
        its local town councils to its national government;
            (11) recognizes and honors the harsh sacrifices and eternal 
        courage of American, allied, and Iraqi citizen-soldiers and 
        civilians who are or were actively engaged in the critical 
        battle to secure the future of the sovereign, united and, 
        ultimately, self-sustaining Iraqi democracy;
            (12) recognizes and honors the sacrifices and eternal 
        courage of American and allied citizens, and all human beings 
        free and yet to be free; and
            (13) declares the United States will win the world War on 
        Terror.
                                 <all>
```