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Titolo: [Iraq] President Discusses Progress in Iraq

President Discusses Progress in Iraq
Excerpts from October 9, 2003 Speech in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031009-9.html
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President George W. Bush is welcomed by a member of the New Hampshire
Air National Guard at Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth,
N.H., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003. White House photo by Tina Hager. And as
we overcome our challenges to the economy, we're answering great
threats to our security. September the 11, 2001, moved our country to
grief -- and moved our country to action. We made a pledge that day,
and we have kept it: We will bring the guilty to justice; we will take
the fight to the enemy. (Applause.) We now see our enemy clearly. The
terrorists plot in secret. They target the innocent. They defile a
great religion. They hate everything this nation stands for. These
committed killers will not be stopped by negotiations; they won't
respond to reason. The terrorists who threaten America cannot be
appeased -- they must be found, they must be fought, and they must be
defeated. (Applause.)
This is a new kind of war, and we must adjust. It's a new kind of war,
and America is following a new strategy. We're not waiting for further
attacks. We're striking our enemies before they can strike us again.
We've taken unprecedented steps to protect our homeland. And for those
of you who are here who are on the front lines of homeland protection,
thank you. Thank you for what you're doing. (Applause.)
Yet wars are won on the offensive -- and our friends and America are
staying on the offensive. (Applause.) We're finding them. We're on the
hunt. We're rolling back the terrorist threats -- not on the fringes
of its influence, but at the heart of its power. We're making good
progress. We're hunting the al Qaeda terrorists wherever they hide --
from Pakistan, to the Philippines, to the Horn of Africa, to Iraq.
Nearly two-thirds of al Qaeda's known leaders have been captured or
killed. Our resolve is firm; our resolve is clear: No matter how long
it takes, all who plot against America will face the justice of
America. (Applause.)
President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the New Hampshire Air
National Guard, Army National Guard, Reservists and their families at
Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday, Oct. 9,
2003. Militia and volunteers and guardsmen have served from the
Revolution to the Civil War, to World War II, to Desert Storm. Honor
and service and courage are great New Hampshire traditions, and you're
upholding those traditions, said the President in his remarks. White
House photo by Tina Hager. We have sent a message understood
throughout the world: If you harbor a terrorist, if you support a
terrorist, if you feed a terrorist, you are just as guilty as the
terrorists. And the Taliban found out what we meant. (Applause.)
Thanks to our great military, Afghanistan is no longer a safe-haven
for terror, the Afghan people are free, and the people of America are
more secure from attack. (Applause.) And we have fought the war on
terror in Iraq. The regime of Saddam Hussein possessed and used
weapons of mass destruction, sponsored terrorist groups, and inflicted
terror on its own people. Nearly every nation recognized and denounced
this threat for over a decade. Last year, the U.N. Security Council --
in Resolution 1441 -- demanded that Saddam Hussein disarm, prove his
disarmament to the world, or face serious consequences. The choice was
up to the dictator, and he chose poorly.
I acted because I was not about to leave the security of the American
people in the hands of a madman. I was not about to stand by and wait
and trust in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein. So our
coalition acted, in one of the swiftest and most humane military
campaigns in history. And six months ago today, the statue of the
dictator was pulled down. (Applause.)
Since the liberation of Iraq, our investigators have found evidence of
a clandestine network of biological laboratories. They found advanced
design work on prohibited longer-range missiles. They found an
elaborate campaign to hide these illegal programs. There's still much
to investigate, yet it is now undeniable that Saddam Hussein was in
clear violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441. It
is undeniable that Saddam Hussein was a deceiver and a danger. The
Security Council was right to demand that Saddam Hussein disarm, and
we were right to enforce that demand. (Applause.) Who can possibly
think that the world would be better off with Saddam Hussein still in
power? Surely not the dissidents who would be in his prisons or end up
in mass graves. Surely not the men and women who would fill Saddam's
torture chambers, or the women in his rape rooms. Surely not the
victims he murdered with poison gas. Surely not anyone who cares about
human rights and democracy and stability in the Middle East. There is
only one decent and humane reaction to the fall of Saddam Hussein:
Good riddance. (Applause.)
Now our country is approaching a choice. After all the action we have
taken, after all the progress we have made against terror, there is a
temptation to think the danger has passed. The danger hadn't passed.
Since September the 11th, the terrorists have taken lives -- since the
attacks on our nation that fateful day, the terrorists have attacked
in Casablanca, Mombasa, Jerusalem, Amman, Riyadh, Baghdad, Karachi,
New Delhi, Bali, and Jakarta. The terrorists continue to plot and plan
against our country and our people. America must not forget the
lessons of September 11th. (Applause.) America cannot retreat from our
responsibilities and hope for the best. Our security will not be
gained by timid measures. Our security requires constant vigilance and
decisive action. I believe America has only one option: We must fight
this war until the work is done. (Applause.)
Keeping a grip on his souvenir flags, a boy listens to President
George W. Bush at Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, N.H.,
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003. White House photo by Tina Hager. We're
fighting on many fronts, and Iraq is now the central front. Saddam
holdouts and foreign terrorists are trying desperately to undermine
Iraq's progress and to throw that country into chaos. The terrorists
in Iraq believe their attacks on innocent people will weaken our
resolve. That's what they believe. They believe that America will run
from a challenge. They're mistaken. Americans are not the running
kind.
The United States did not run from Germany and Japan following World
War II. We helped those nations to become strong and decent,
democratic societies that no longer waged war on America. And that's
our mission in Iraq today. We're rebuilding schools. A lot of kids are
going back to schools. Reopening hospitals. Thousands of children are
now being immunized. Water and electricity are being returned to the
Iraqi people. Life is getting better.
It's a lot better than you probably think. Just ask people who have
been there. They're stunned when they come back -- when they go to
Iraq and the stories they tell are much different from the perceptions
that you're being told life is like. You see, we're providing this
help not only because we've got good hearts, but because our vision is
clear. A stable and democratic and hopeful Iraq will no longer be a
breeding ground for terror, tyranny, and aggression. (Applause.) Free
nations are peaceful nations. Our work in Iraq is essential to our own
security -- and no band of murderers or gangsters will stop that work,
or shake the will of America. (Applause.)
Nearly every day in Iraq we're launching swift, precision raids
against the enemies of peace and progress. Helped by intelligence from
Iraqis, we're rounding up the enemy. We're taking their weapons. We're
working our way through the famous deck of cards. We've already
captured or killed 43 of the 55 most wanted former Iraqi leaders, and
the other 12 have a lot to worry about. (Laughter.) Anyone who seeks
to harm our soldiers can know that our soldiers are hunting for them.
Our military is serving with great courage -- some of our best have
fallen. We mourn every loss. We honor every name. We grieve with every
family. And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such
brave defenders. (Applause.) In defending liberty, we are joined by
more than 30 nations now contributing military forces in Iraq. Great
Britain and Poland are leading two multinational divisions. And in
this cause with fine allies, we've got the Iraqis, as well. They care
about the security of their country. They want to be free. They love
freedom just like we love freedom. Last week, the first battalion of
the New Iraqi Army completed its training. Within a year, Iraq will
have a 40,000-member military force. Tens of thousands of Iraqi
citizens are also guarding their own borders, defending vital
facilities, and policing their own streets. Six months ago, the Iraqi
people welcomed their liberation. Today, many Iraqis are armed and
trained to defend their liberty.
Our goal in Iraq is to leave behind a stable, self-governing society,
which will no longer be a threat to the Middle East or to the United
States. We're following an orderly plan to reach this goal. Iraq now
has a Governing Council, which has appointed interim government
ministers. Once a constitution has been written, Iraq will move toward
national elections. We want this process to go as quickly as possible
-- yet it must be done right. The free institutions of Iraq must stand
the test of time. And a democratic Iraq will stand as an example to
all the Middle East. We believe -- and the Iraqi people will show --
that liberty is the hope and the right of every land. Our work in Iraq
has been long, it's hard, and it's not finished. We will stay the
course. We will complete our job. And beyond Iraq, the war on terror
continues. There will be no quick victory in this war. We will
persevere and victory is certain. (Applause.)
I am confident of victory because I know the character of our military
-- shown in people like Master Sergeant Jake Negrotti, of Plaistow,
New Hampshire. Jake is a member of the New Hampshire Air National
Guard. He's volunteered for overseas deployments three times since
September the 11th. He served in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
Right now Jake is an airport manager at Baghdad Airport, helping make
sure our military and humanitarian operations move ahead. People like
Jake Negrotti are showing what it means to be a patriot and a citizen.
We're honored to have Jake's wife, Donna, and his children, Alicia and
Christopher, with us here today. Next time you talk to Jake, Donna,
you tell him his President appreciates his service, and his country is
grateful. (Applause.)
The war on terror has brought hardship and loss to our country,
beginning with the grief of September the 11th. Let us also remember
that the first victory in this war came on that same day, on a
hijacked plane bound for the Nation's Capital. Those men and women on
Flight 93 took action, served their country, knowing they would die.
(Applause.) They found incredible courage in their final moments to
save the lives of others. In those moments, and many times since,
terrorists have learned that Americans are courageous and will not be
intimidated. We will fight them with everything we have. Few are
called to show the kind of valor seen on Flight 93, or on the field of
battle. Yet all of us do share a calling -- to be strong in adversity,
and to be unafraid in danger. We Americans have come through so much
together, and we have much yet to do. If we're patient, united,
determined, our nation will prosper, and our nation will win.
May God bless you all. (Applause.)
Thank you all very much. (Applause.) END 10:31 A.M. EDT

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