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Good evening. I have asked for this time to keep you informed of America's actions in the war on terror.
Good evening. I have asked for this time to keep the illusion that our program of World Domination is really a War on Terror.
Nearly two years ago, following deadly attacks on our country, we began a systematic campaign against terrorism. These months have been a time of new responsibilities, and sacrifice, and national resolve, and great progress.
Nearly two years ago, following deadly attacks on our country, we began a systematic campaign to stir up terrorism. These months have been a time of fewer political restraints, sacrifice from our soldiers, nationalism, and great progress for businesses such as Haliburton.
America and a broad coalition acted first in Afghanistan, by destroying the training camps of terror, and removing the regime that harbored al-Qaida.
America and a broad coalition acted first in Afghanistan, by destroying some caves, and removing the regime that tried to negotiate the hand-over of Osama bin Laden.
In a series of raids and actions around the world, nearly two-thirds of al-Qaida's known leaders have been captured or killed, and we continue on al-Qaida's trail.
In a series of raids and actions in countries too weak to stop us, we killed a couple of members of Al-Qaida, and now we've given up and are back to our program of World Domination.
We have exposed terrorist front groups, seized terrorist accounts, taken new measures to protect our homeland, and uncovered sleeper cells inside the United States.
We have stopped funding selected terrorist front groups, taken new measures to protect Das Fatherland, seig heil, and locked up some Arab looking people without charge or trial.
And we acted in Iraq, where the former regime sponsored terror, possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, and for 12 years defied the clear demands of the United Nations Security Council.
And we acted in Iraq, which we have cleverly fooled over 70% of Americans into thinking had sponsored terror, had a long time ago possessed and used weapons of mass destruction, much like us, and for 12 years defied the clear demands of the United States, even though we bombed it relentlessly.
Our coalition enforced these international demands in one of the swiftest and most humane military campaigns in history.
Ourselves with a couple of other countries only killed about as many as died in the September 11 attacks, although the death toll is rising.
Follow up:
For a generation leading up to September 11th, 2001, terrorists and their radical allies attacked innocent people in the Middle East and beyond, without facing a sustained and serious response.
For a generation leading up to September 11th, 2001, we funded Al Queda and Saddam Hussien to further our aims abroad.
The terrorists became convinced that free nations were decadent and weak. And they grew bolder, believing that history was on their side. Since America put out the fires of September 11th, and mourned our dead, and went to war, history has taken a different turn.
The terrorists became convinced that the USA was out for World Domination. And they finally grew sick of hegemony. Since America put out the fires of September 11th, and mourned our dead, and went to war, history has continued as before.
We have carried the fight to the enemy. We are rolling back the terrorist threat to civilization, not on the fringes of its influence, but at the heart of its power.
We have bombed some foreigners. We are creating a new breeding ground for terrorists, not on the fringes of its influence, but at the heart of the oil producing countries.
This work continues. In Iraq, we are helping the longsuffering people of that country to build a decent and democratic society at the center of the Middle East.
This work continues. In Iraq, we are installing a puppet regime in the heart of oil producing countries.
Together we are transforming a place of torture chambers and mass graves into a nation of laws and free institutions. This undertaking is difficult and costly - yet worthy of our country, and critical to our security.
We haven't managed to impose law and order, or even to restore electricity. This undertaking will cost taxpayers while benefiting Haliburton - and it's critical to our oil supplies.
The Middle East will either become a place of progress and peace, or it will be an exporter of violence and terror that takes more lives in America and in other free nations. The triumph of democracy and tolerance in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and beyond would be a grave setback for international terrorism.
True enough.
The terrorists thrive on the support of tyrants and on the resentments of oppressed peoples. When tyrants fall, and resentment gives way to hope, men and women in every culture reject the ideologies of terror, and turn to the pursuits of peace. Everywhere that freedom takes hold, terror will retreat.
The terrorists thrive on the support of the United States and on the resentments of oppressed peoples. When United States stops interfering, and resentment gives way to hope, men and women in every culture reject the ideologies of terror, and turn to the pursuits of peace. Everywhere that United States stops funding and supporting terrorism, terror will retreat.
Our enemies understand this.
Our ex-friends understand this.
They know that a free Iraq will be free of them, free of assassins, and torturers, and secret police. They know that as democracy rises in Iraq, all of their hateful ambitions will fall like the statues of the former dictator. And that is why, five months after we liberated Iraq, a collection of killers is desperately trying to undermine Iraq's progress and throw the country into chaos.
They know that a puppet regime in Iraq will be open to exploitation and corruption. They know that as a puppet regime rises in Iraq, all of their ambitions to expel the USA will continue as before. And that is why, five months after we occupied Iraq, a collection of resistance fighters are desperately trying to undermine our occupation of Iraq and throw the country into chaos.
Some of the attackers are former members of the old Saddam regime, who fled the battlefield and now fight in the shadows. Some of the attackers are foreign terrorists, who have come to Iraq to pursue their war on America and other free nations. We cannot be certain to what extent these groups work together. We do know they have a common goal reclaiming Iraq for tyranny.
We don't know who they are. We know they just want the USA out.
Most, but not all, of these killers operate in one area of the country. The attacks you have heard and read about in the last few weeks have occurred predominantly in the central region of Iraq, between Baghdad and Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's former stronghold. The North of Iraq is generally stable and is moving forward with reconstruction and self-government. The same trends are evident in the South, despite recent attacks by terrorist groups.
The Kurds are supporting us as we are pretending to supporting their claim to self governance. Apart from the attacks against us in in the South there have been no attacks in the South.
Though their attacks are localized, the terrorists and Saddam loyalists have done great harm.
They are attacking us everywhere and it's harming my poll ratings.
They have ambushed American and British service members who stand for freedom and order.
They have ambushed the occupying force who stand for exploitation.
They have killed civilian aid workers of the United Nations, who represent the compassion and generosity of the world.
We provided minimal security to those peaceniks who wouldn't support our invasion.
They have bombed the Jordanian embassy, the symbol of a peaceful Arab country.
They have bombed the Jordanian embassy, a collaborating Arab country.
And last week they murdered a respected cleric and over a hundred Muslims at prayer bombing a holy shrine and a symbol of Islam's peaceful teachings.
And last week they murdered a collaborating cleric.
This violence is directed, not only against our coalition, but against anyone in Iraq who stands for decency, and freedom, and progress.
This violence is directed, not only against our occupation, but against anyone in Iraq who collaborates.
There is more at work in these attacks than blind rage. The terrorists have a strategic goal. They want us to leave Iraq before our work is done.
They want us to leave before we get established.
They want to shake the will of the civilized world.
They want to shake the will of USA and Britain. The rest of the world are savages. [The irony that civilisation started in Iraq is missed]
In the past, the terrorists have cited the examples of Beirut and Somalia, claiming that if you inflict harm on Americans, we will run from a challenge. In this, they are mistaken.
In the past, we have run like cowards at the first hint of a fight. I hope my poll ratings hold up.
Two years ago, I told the Congress and the country that the war on terror would be a lengthy war, a different kind of war, fought on many fronts in many places.
Two years ago, I told the Congress and the country that the program for World Domination was really a War on Terror, and we'd be bombing some weak countries.
Iraq is now the central front. Enemies of freedom are making a desperate stand there and there they must be defeated.
We've got the oil, now we have to make the occupation stick.
This will take time, and require sacrifice.
We'll be there forever, and we'll need suckers - erm - soldiers for that.
Yet we will do what is necessary, we will spend what is necessary, to achieve this essential victory in the war on terror, to promote freedom, and to make our own Nation more secure.
Yet we will do what is necessary, we will spend whatever tax money we can get away with, to achieve this essential victory in the war of domination to secure our oil supplies.
America has done this kind of work before. Following World War II, we lifted up the defeated nations of Japan and Germany, and stood with them as they built representative governments. We committed years and resources to this cause. And that effort has been repaid many times over in three generations of friendship and peace. America today accepts the challenge of helping the Iraqi people in the same spirit for their sake, and our own.
The last time we successfully rebuilt a nation we'd blown up was 3 generations ago. There's probably not much chance we'll do it again.
Our strategy in Iraq has three objectives, destroying the terrorists, enlisting the support of other nations for a free Iraq, and helping Iraqis assume responsibility for their own defense and their own future.
Our strategy in Iraq has three objectives, secure the oil, get other countries to pay for our occupation, and installing a puppet regime.
First, we are taking direct action against the terrorists in the Iraqi theater, which is the surest way to prevent future attacks on coalition forces and the Iraqi people.
First, we are taking direct action against anything that moves in the Iraqi theater, which is the surest way to promote hostility towards us.
We are staying on the offensive, with a series of precise strikes against enemy targets increasingly guided by intelligence given to us by Iraqi citizens.
We don't know what the fuck we are doing.
Since the end of major combat operations, we have conducted raids seizing many caches of enemy weapons and massive amounts of ammunition, and we have captured or killed hundreds of Saddam loyalists and terrorists.
Since the end of major combat operations, although more soldiers have died than in the actual combat operation, we have conducted raids seizing a couple of AKs, and we have captured or killed hundreds of resistors to our occupation.
So far, of the 55 most wanted former Iraqi leaders, 42 are dead or in custody. We are sending a clear message: Anyone who seeks to harm our soldiers can know that our soldiers are hunting for them.
So far, we still don't know where Saddam is. We are sending a clear message: Anyone who resists will be shot.
Second, we are committed to expanding international cooperation in the reconstruction and security of Iraq, just as we are in Afghanistan.
Second, we are committed to making other counties pay for our occupation.
Our military commanders in Iraq advise me that the current number of American troops, nearly 130,000, is appropriate to their mission.
They are joined by over 20,000 service members from 29 other countries.
27 countries have sent along a couple of soldiers each.
Two multinational divisions, led by the British and the Poles, are serving alongside our forces, and in order to share the burden more broadly, our commanders have requested a third multinational division to serve in Iraq.
We have 130,000 troops there, but it isn't enough, so we want someone else to bear the burden of manpower for our occupation.
Some countries have requested an explicit authorization of the United Nations Security Council before committing troops to Iraq. I have directed Secretary of State Colin Powell to introduce a new Security Council resolution, which would authorize the creation of a multinational force in Iraq, led by America.
The UN wouldn't let us attack, but now we want them to help us in our occupation.
I recognize that not all of our friends agreed with our decision to enforce the Security Council resolutions and remove Saddam Hussein from power. Yet we cannot let past differences interfere with present duties.
The uncivilised world didn't agree with our attack, but lets pretend it didn't happen as we ask them to help pay for our occupation.
Terrorists in Iraq have attacked representatives of the civilized world, and opposing them must be the cause of the civilized world. Members of the United Nations now have an opportunity, and the responsibility, to assume a broader role in assuring that Iraq becomes a free and democratic nation.
Terrorists in Iraq have attacked representatives of the savages at the UN, but I'll call them civilised for now as I beg for them to pay for our occupation. Members of the United Nations now have an opportunity to pay for the occupation, while leaving the USA in overall control.
Third, we are encouraging the orderly transfer of sovereignty and authority to the Iraqi people.
We have some collaborators lined up for our puppet government.
Our coalition came to Iraq as liberators and we will depart as liberators.
The USA came to Iraq as occupiers, and now we're never going to leave.
Right now Iraq has its own Governing Council, comprised of 25 leaders representing Iraq's diverse people. The Governing Council recently appointed cabinet ministers to run government departments. Already more than 90 percent of towns and cities have functioning local governments, which are restoring basic services.
Our collaborators are already in place, though ruling totally ineffectively.
We are helping to train civil defense forces to keep order, and an Iraqi police service to enforce the law, and a facilities protection service,? and Iraqi border guards to help secure the borders, and a new Iraqi army. In all these roles, there are now some 60,000 Iraqi citizens under arms, defending the security of their own country and we are accelerating the training of more.
We are busy training collaborators to take the bullets for us.
Iraq is ready to take the next steps toward self-government.
Iraq is ready to take the next steps toward puppet-government.
The Security Council resolution we introduce will encourage Iraq's Governing Council to submit a plan and a timetable for the drafting of a constitution, and for free elections.
...with candidates selected by us.
From the outset, I have expressed confidence in the ability of the Iraqi people to govern themselves. Now they must rise to the responsibilities of a free people and secure the blessings of their own liberty.
From the outset, I have expressed confidence in the ability of the Iraqi people to suffer our puppet regime. Now they must get used to the fact that we rule them and and their resistance.
Our strategy in Iraq will require new resources. We have conducted a thorough assessment of our military and reconstruction needs in Iraq, and also in Afghanistan. I will soon submit to Congress a request for 87 billion dollars. The request will cover ongoing military and intelligence operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, which we expect will cost 66 billion dollars over the next year. This budget request will support our commitment to helping the Iraqi and Afghan people rebuild their own nations, after decades of oppression and mismanagement. We will provide funds to help them improve security. And we will help them to restore basic services, such as electricity and water, and to build new schools, roads, and medical clinics. This effort is essential to the stability of those nations, and therefore to our own security. Now and in the
future, we will support our troops and we will keep our word to the more than 50 million people of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Most of this money will be funneled back in to companies like Haliburton through "rebuilding" contracts which are never tendered for.
Later this month, Secretary Powell will meet with representatives of many nations to discuss their financial contributions to the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Next month, he will hold a similar funding conference for the reconstruction of Iraq. Europe, Japan, and states in the Middle East all will benefit from the success of freedom in these two countries, and they should contribute to that success.
We want other countries to pay for our occupation, and if they do we might sell them some of our newly acquired oil.
The people of Iraq are emerging from a long trial.
The people of Iraq are emerging from a long trial, from a dictator, to 12 years of us bombing them and from us denying them such necessities of life such as water purification chemicals.
For them, there will be no going back to the days of the dictator, to the miseries and humiliation he inflicted on that good country.
For them, there will be no going back to the days of the dictator, to the miseries and humiliation he inflicted on that good country. Welcome to the new days of US domination, puppet regime, and humiliation and miseries of occupation.
For the Middle East and the world, there will be no going back to the days of fear when a brutal and aggressive tyrant possessed terrible weapons.
For the Middle East and the world, there will continue be a brutal and aggressive tyrant possessing terrible weapons.
And for America, there will be no going back to the era before September 11th, 2001, to false comfort in a dangerous world. We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength, they are invited by the perception of weakness.
We have learned that terrorist attacks can be used as an excuse to carry out our pre Sept 11 plans for World Dominations.
And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans.
And the surest way to invite attacks on our own people is to kill foreigners for oil.
We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today, so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.
We are fighting the people of Iraq and Afghanistan today, so that we can build a gas pipeline across Afghanistan, and secure Iraq's oil.
The heaviest burdens in our war on terror fall, as always, on the men and women of our Armed Forces and our intelligence services. They have removed gathering threats to America and our friends, and this Nation takes great pride in their incredible achievements.
They are busy stirring up resentment to America and our friends, and this Nation takes great pride in their incredible achievements.
We are grateful for their skill and courage, and for their acts of decency, which have shown America's character to the world.
We are grateful for their skill and courage, and for their acts on behalf of America's corporations, which have shown America's character to the world.
We honor the sacrifice of their families. And we mourn every American who has died so bravely, and so far from home.
We honor the sacrifice of their families. And we mourn every American who has died so bravely, and so far from home, but thats the cost of business.
The Americans who assume great risks overseas understand the great cause they are in.
Those soldiers that speak out, al la to the ABC, now know to watch their backs.
Not long ago I received a letter from a Captain in the Third Infantry Division in Baghdad.
Some soldier not known for deep understanding of world affairs wrote me a letter, or at least I'm pretending he did.
He wrote about his pride in serving a just cause, and about the deep desire of Iraqis for liberty. "I see it," he said, "in the eyes of a hungry people every day here. They are starved for freedom and opportunity." And he concluded, "I just thought you'd like a note from the 'front lines of freedom.'"
[Try to say this with a straight face]
That Army captain, and all of our men and women serving in the war on terror, are on the front lines of freedom.
That Army captain, and all of our men and women serving in the war on terror, are on the front lines of corporate America.
And I want each of them to know: Your country thanks you, and your country supports you.
And I want each of them to know: Big Business thanks you, but doesn't really give a toss about you.
Fellow citizens: We have been tested these past 24 months, and the dangers have not passed.
Fellow citizens: We have managed to sustain fear in the population despite a significant lack of attacks against us, but we are working to increase the terrorist threat.
Yet Americans are responding with courage and confidence.
I hope the polls for my support fall much further.
We accept the duties of our generation.
It's unpatriotic to not support me.
We are active and resolute in our own defense.
We are active and resolute in our attack.
We are serving in freedom's cause, and that is the cause of all mankind.
We are serving Big Business's cause, and that is the cause of all my cronies.
Thank you, and good night.
SUCKERS!