Liberals tell us our troops have failed in Iraq and would bring them home in disgrace. Others tell us our troops must stay in Iraq to police their streets and rebuild their schools and mosques; they say it will take the blood of many more American soldiers; they say it will take a generation.
But the question before us in this coming election year is not whether our troops will stay to win the war in Iraq.
No, it is not, because our troops have won the war in Iraq. George W Bush came on my television and stood on that aircraft carrier in front of our men and women in uniform, in front of that banner that proclaimed, Mission Accomplished, and he told me and them and us that it was, and he told us that we and our allies had won, and I know that we did.
I know that we did, because when I go through the great list of what by the blood and courage of our men and women in uniform we have achieved in Iraq, I find no aspect of our victory wanting.
We have tried and hanged Saddam Hussein the great tyrant, we have overturned his regime, we have decimated his Baathist ruling party, and we have dismantled his military apparatus of terror.
We have utterly destroyed the capacity of Iraq to threaten its neighbors, utterly destroyed its capacity to manufacture and use Weapons of Mass Destruction, utterly destroyed its capacity to threaten our shores, and we have made dead certain that on our watch there will be no mushroom cloud.
Through the brave and valiant efforts of our troops, through the shedding of much American blood, the Iraqi people have torn down the vestiges of that despot and the artifices of his rule. And in the light of a new dawn of liberty, now rises above that rubble a democratic government in Iraq, freely and fairly elected by her people. Now there is liberty, and where there is liberty, there is cause for great hope.
The question before us in this coming election year is not whether our troops will stay to win the war in Iraq.
No, the question before us is how much more American blood will we sacrifice to the streets and the rebuilding of Iraq, even while at home our own country is falling apart, and our own liberty veers toward the precipice of a great chasm.
No, my friends, the truth is our troops have won the war in Iraq. And now it's time to bring them home. It's time to stop rebuilding other nations, and start rebuilding our own.
And in this cause, we have reason for great hope. For the courage and steadfast determination of the people of this country and of its men and women in uniform are a continual inspiration and a testament to the power of liberty over all evil, and even as we now set out to put our own house in order, let no one ever doubt that in the league of nations we are and remain that great shining city upon the hill.
Ron Paul. HOPE, for America.
But the question before us in this coming election year is not whether our troops will stay to win the war in Iraq.
No, it is not, because our troops have won the war in Iraq. George W Bush came on my television and stood on that aircraft carrier in front of our men and women in uniform, in front of that banner that proclaimed, Mission Accomplished, and he told me and them and us that it was, and he told us that we and our allies had won, and I know that we did.
I know that we did, because when I go through the great list of what by the blood and courage of our men and women in uniform we have achieved in Iraq, I find no aspect of our victory wanting.
We have tried and hanged Saddam Hussein the great tyrant, we have overturned his regime, we have decimated his Baathist ruling party, and we have dismantled his military apparatus of terror.
We have utterly destroyed the capacity of Iraq to threaten its neighbors, utterly destroyed its capacity to manufacture and use Weapons of Mass Destruction, utterly destroyed its capacity to threaten our shores, and we have made dead certain that on our watch there will be no mushroom cloud.
Through the brave and valiant efforts of our troops, through the shedding of much American blood, the Iraqi people have torn down the vestiges of that despot and the artifices of his rule. And in the light of a new dawn of liberty, now rises above that rubble a democratic government in Iraq, freely and fairly elected by her people. Now there is liberty, and where there is liberty, there is cause for great hope.
The question before us in this coming election year is not whether our troops will stay to win the war in Iraq.
No, the question before us is how much more American blood will we sacrifice to the streets and the rebuilding of Iraq, even while at home our own country is falling apart, and our own liberty veers toward the precipice of a great chasm.
No, my friends, the truth is our troops have won the war in Iraq. And now it's time to bring them home. It's time to stop rebuilding other nations, and start rebuilding our own.
And in this cause, we have reason for great hope. For the courage and steadfast determination of the people of this country and of its men and women in uniform are a continual inspiration and a testament to the power of liberty over all evil, and even as we now set out to put our own house in order, let no one ever doubt that in the league of nations we are and remain that great shining city upon the hill.
Ron Paul. HOPE, for America.
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