Failure is not an Option

Bush Speaks on Iraq Policy

“The whole objective is to achieve a victory against the terrorists. The terrorists have made it very clear that Iraq is a central front on the War on Terror. … And a victory in Iraq will deny the terrorists their stated goal,” Bush told reporters while visiting the U.S.-Mexican border in El Paso, Texas.

“Victory is the primary objective. We’ve sacrificed a lot. We’ve had, you know, some of the finest Americans die in Iraq, and one thing we’re not going to do is let them die in vain,” he said.

He also quoted from Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Starr, who had been ‘excerpted’ by the NY Times.

MY email correspondent Cathy was there; I’ll try to get more from her later.

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  1. Digger wrote:

    Bush then continued pointing behind him, “Now that I’ve deflected your attention by using my time here to repeat myself on Iraq, you see that border back there? Well the soldiers who are dying to defend it shouldn’t worry because I’m gonna protect it. The only thing that’s gonna cross that border is some people — we don’t know — who are looking for work Americans won’t do, people who want free education and health care at the expense of taxpayers, and maybe a terrorist or two. So you see our soldiers haven’t died in vain. We still have a nation today. If it falls apart at a later date under some predeccesor of mine, that’s a whole lot of ‘not my problem’.”

    Bush continued “There’s an old saying when it comes to immigration reform and my speeches on the issue that the American public should keep in mind when I’m talking. Fool me once shame on … shame on you. Fool me … ain’t gonna get fooled no more”

    Posted 01 Dec 2005 at 9:58 am

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