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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 03:03 PM
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Bush invokes Sept 11 to defend Iraq war
Edited on Sat Aug-20-05 03:06 PM by Bush_Eats_Beef
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050820/ts_nm/bush_dc

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Saturday U.S. troops in Iraq were fighting to protect Americans at home from more attacks like those of September 11, 2001, starting a five-day focus on his case for the war amid growing public discontent.

Critics say Iraq had nothing to do with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington and that the administration has tried to tie Iraq to terrorism since the war to justify its actions.

"In a few weeks, our country will mark the four-year anniversary of the attacks of September the 11th, 2001. On that day, we learned that vast oceans and friendly neighbors no longer protect us from those who wish to harm our people," Bush said. "And since that day, we have taken the fight to the enemy," he said.

"We're fighting the terrorists in Afghanistan, Iraq, and around the world, striking them in foreign lands before they can attack us here at home," Bush said.

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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 03:07 PM
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1. so what else is new
as long as the corporate media act like stenographers to Bushco's lies, Joe Average American will remain ignorant and disengaged.:grr:
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 04:28 PM
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2. Here we go again. Herr Bush, Goebbels would be proud
Just keep saying it again, and again, and again, ad nauseum.
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