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To: Rascal who wrote (129826)4/22/2004 4:25:16 PM
From: Sig  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<<<We will succeed in Iraq. We're carrying out a decision that has already been made and will not change.

Why was this sentence in the speech? Sounds so extreme.>>>

The explanation was in the next sentence, "to create a free Iraq, etc". Which required some pretty extreme measures.

SigSeemsclearto me.com



To: Rascal who wrote (129826)4/22/2004 7:45:27 PM
From: quehubo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Because once we opened this hornets nest we initiated a battle in the war on terror that either ends with the Iraqi's existence radically altered for the better or our existence radically altered for the worst.


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