Bush Pledges ‘Terror War’ Victory
Thursday, August 31st, 2006 by RLRFrom The BBC News
President George W Bush has said victory in Iraq is essential to the US winning the “war on terror” against the Islamist groups ranged against it. The US would not leave Iraq until victory was achieved, he told military veterans in Salt Lake City, Utah.
And he warned Iran of “consequences” if it continued to defy the international community over its nuclear programme. The speech is one of a series in which Mr Bush is defending his security strategy as mid-term polls approach.
“The war we fight today is more than a military conflict,” Mr Bush said. “It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st Century.”
‘Twisted view of Islam’
He said those who brought down the World Trade Center in New York five years ago were united with car bombers in Baghdad, Hezbollah militants who shot rockets into Israel, and terrorists who had recently attempted to bring down flights between Britain and the US.
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Bush can no more deliver victory in Iraq than I can pull gold bars out of my arse. His disastrous action have caused the collapse in Iraq, and our presence does nothing to stop the bloody mayhem and suffering. For Bush and Cheney et al to actually think that we can call the shots there, outside of the heavily defended “Fort Apache” Green Zone is the ultimate in delusion