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I wonder how many American parents promised their children last night that they would be safe, that their parents would protect them and keep the monsters away. I wonder how many made the same promise on September 11, 2001. Since that day, our children have been safe from further terrorist attacks. No dirty bomb, no chemical weapons strike, and no biological weapons attack has been made on the United States.
No monsters have come and harmed our children. If we had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and removed the monsters, would we be able to say that? We will never be able to answer that question, fortunately for all of us. Now the monsters are gone; the Taliban no longer governs Afghanistan, and the government of Saddam has been removed.
John Kerry has said that he would have asked the United Nations to defend us from an Iraqi monster, that President Bush should not have acted "unilaterally". It was obvious at the time that the U.N. would never have authorized the use of force to remove the monster from Iraq, so he is really saying that we should not have invaded Iraq at all and left the monster in place, to continue terrorizing and enslaving all its own people. He has also decried the alleged "deception" of the Bush administration about WMD's in Iraq, the assumption being that he would have preferred to wait until perhaps Saddam had used WMD's or--much more likely--given them to terrorist groups to use against the United States. The sweat and blood of our soldiers has kept us safe, kept the
monsters away, and kept the promises made by American parents.
President Bush sent those soldiers to Afghanistan and to Iraq to protect the United States, and to keep all those promises. The missions may not have been perfect, and mistakes surely were made, but the promise was kept, and despite all that, both nations are now free, and we are safer. Could we have done things better? Sure. No mission is perfect. Mistakes are always made. Parents in Afghanistan and Iraq are now able, for the first time in many years, to keep their promises and keep the monster who was their own governments away from their children. President Bush was willing to act unilaterally and preemptively to defend our nation from the monsters who would harm us. Other nations joined us in our defense, and in their own defense, and in doing the right thing, despite the political risk. President Bush was willing to stand alone to keep his promises and the promises of American parents everywhere. Remember that in November, and keep your promises to your children.
I wonder how many American parents promised their children last night that they would be safe, that their parents would protect them and keep the monsters away. I wonder how many made the same promise on September 11, 2001. Since that day, our children have been safe from further terrorist attacks. No dirty bomb, no chemical weapons strike, and no biological weapons attack has been made on the United States.
No monsters have come and harmed our children. If we had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and removed the monsters, would we be able to say that? We will never be able to answer that question, fortunately for all of us. Now the monsters are gone; the Taliban no longer governs Afghanistan, and the government of Saddam has been removed.
John Kerry has said that he would have asked the United Nations to defend us from an Iraqi monster, that President Bush should not have acted "unilaterally". It was obvious at the time that the U.N. would never have authorized the use of force to remove the monster from Iraq, so he is really saying that we should not have invaded Iraq at all and left the monster in place, to continue terrorizing and enslaving all its own people. He has also decried the alleged "deception" of the Bush administration about WMD's in Iraq, the assumption being that he would have preferred to wait until perhaps Saddam had used WMD's or--much more likely--given them to terrorist groups to use against the United States. The sweat and blood of our soldiers has kept us safe, kept the
monsters away, and kept the promises made by American parents.
President Bush sent those soldiers to Afghanistan and to Iraq to protect the United States, and to keep all those promises. The missions may not have been perfect, and mistakes surely were made, but the promise was kept, and despite all that, both nations are now free, and we are safer. Could we have done things better? Sure. No mission is perfect. Mistakes are always made. Parents in Afghanistan and Iraq are now able, for the first time in many years, to keep their promises and keep the monster who was their own governments away from their children. President Bush was willing to act unilaterally and preemptively to defend our nation from the monsters who would harm us. Other nations joined us in our defense, and in their own defense, and in doing the right thing, despite the political risk. President Bush was willing to stand alone to keep his promises and the promises of American parents everywhere. Remember that in November, and keep your promises to your children.
