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Bush makes his case...
Billed as an "important speech" about Iraq, President Bush told the nation Monday night that Saddam poses a unique threat that must be addressed now rather than later. "The threat comes from Iraq. It arises directly from the Iraqi regime's own actions, its history of aggression and its drive for weapons of terror," Bush said. "The threat from Iraq stands alone because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place." Bush went on to say that war isn't inevitable â but the conditions he laid out for Sammy to avoid it include disarmament and the institution of a regime that's not a bloody-handed dictatorship. I doubt that'll happen... Both houses of Congress planned to open debate Tuesday on the long-awaited resolution giving President Bush the latitude he wants to confront Saddam Hussein. The House and Senate expect to pass the resolution by Thursday night, which would authorize the White House to do whatever it deems necessary to relieve Iraq of its presumed weapons of mass destruction. The Dems are busy raising questions, questions, questions â all they can think of to do to put off the inevitable. I heard Byrd on the radio this morning, complaining that the vote should be put off until after the election so the lawmakers can get their marching orders from the voters. I guess true leadership is waiting until everybody else has a position and then taking it. Maybe if they named this the Robert Byrd Memorial War and held it in West Virginia he'd be more in favor of it... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-08 |
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