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Title: War on terror going to be ‘a long war’: Bush
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The News
URL Source: http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2 ... ily/21-07-2005/main/main11.htm
Published: Jul 21, 2005
Author: The News
Post Date: 2005-07-21 08:19:16 by Zipporah
Keywords: terror, going, war’:
Views: 21
Comments: 2
WASHINGTON: President George Bush on Wednesday said this week the House of Representatives will vote on legislation to renew the Patriot Act, and added the war on terror "is going to be a long war." The Patriot Act has accomplished "exactly what it was designed to do," The US president said this in his address at the Port of Baltimore, in Maryland. He said, "the problem is, at the end of this year 16 critical provisions of the Patriot Act are scheduled to expire. All 16 provisions are practical, effective and constitutional, and they are vital to defending our freedom." He said, "as we saw in London, the terrorists are still active and they are still plotting to take innocent life." "So my message to the Congress is clear: This is no time to let our guard down, and no time to roll back good laws. The Patriot Act is expected to expire, but the terrorist threats will not expire." He said "I expect, and the American people expect, the US Congress and the Senate to renew the Patriot Act, without weakening our ability to fight terror, and they need to get that bill to my desk soon." "The war on terror is going to be a long war. But freedom is going to prevail... history has always brought us challenges and problems. We’ve always handled them; we’ll handle this one, too." Bush said the enemy does not understand the nature of the American people. "We’re not going to be blackmailed, we’re not going to be threatened. We’ll stay strong." "When history has called us to action in the past, we’ve responded. And history is calling us now. It’s the great struggle of the 21st century, and we’re going to stay in the fight until it’s won." He said "finding our enemies in the war on terror is tough enough." The Patriot Act, he said allowed investigators to pursue terrorists with the same tools they use against other criminals. Bush said the only way to defeat an ideology of hatred is with an ideology of hope. "And so our strategy is not only stay on the offence and to bring these people to justice; our strategy is to spread the ideology of hope found in democracy and freedom. History has proven that democracies are peaceful countries. History has proven that democracy and freedom have the capability of converting enemies into allies. The best way to secure the future for our children and grandchildren is to spread democracy and hope and freedom to parts of the world that simmer in resentment and anger and hatred."
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
There is no expiration for hell either, and I'm sure there is a special place being readied for these murderers.
Nothing new here. Move along. ROTFLOL! "But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of." Lord Byron
"So my message to the Congress is clear: This is no time to let our guard down, and no time to roll back good laws. The Patriot Act is expected to expire, but the terrorist threats will not expire."
One if by land, two if by sea...how many if they are already here?
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