Bush:"Imagine what would happen if these extremists who hate America...gained control of energy res" [View All]

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070111-7.html

President Bush Visits with Military Personnel and Families at Fort Benning, Georgia
Freedom Hall
Fort Benning, Georgia

1:10 P.M. EST

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Imagine what would happen if these extremists who hate America and our way of life gained control of energy reserves. You can bet they would use those reserves to blackmail economies in order to achieve their objective. If we were to leave before the job is done, if we were to fail in Iraq, Iran would be emboldened in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Our enemies would have safe havens from which to launch attacks. People would look back at this moment in history and say, what happened to them in America? How come they couldn't see the threats to a future generation? That is why we must, and we will, succeed in Iraq. (Applause.)