unity
24-01-2007, 10:05 AM
excerpts from bush's speech
In the minds of the terrorists, this war began well before September 11th, and will not end until their radical vision is fulfilled.
And these past five years have given us a much clearer view of the nature of this enemy. Al-Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology.
Take almost any principle of civilisation, and their goal is the opposite. They preach with threats ... instruct with bullets and bombs ... and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent.
Our enemies are quite explicit about their intentions. They want to overthrow moderate governments, and establish safe havens from which to plan and carry out new attacks on our country.
By killing and terrorising Americans, they want to force our country to retreat from the world and abandon the cause of liberty.
Totalitarian ideology
They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology. Listen to this warning from the late terrorist Zarqawi: "We will sacrifice our blood and bodies to put an end to your dreams, and what is coming is even worse."
And Osama bin Laden declared: "Death is better than living on this Earth with the unbelievers among us."
These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement.
In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East.
This war is more than a clash of arms – it is a decisive ideological struggle, and the security of our nation is in the balance.
What every terrorist fears most is human freedom – societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience, and live by their hopes instead of their resentments.
FULL SPEECH:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8328BBA8-70AD-4128-A000-2D2439AFA957.htm
In the minds of the terrorists, this war began well before September 11th, and will not end until their radical vision is fulfilled.
And these past five years have given us a much clearer view of the nature of this enemy. Al-Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology.
Take almost any principle of civilisation, and their goal is the opposite. They preach with threats ... instruct with bullets and bombs ... and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent.
Our enemies are quite explicit about their intentions. They want to overthrow moderate governments, and establish safe havens from which to plan and carry out new attacks on our country.
By killing and terrorising Americans, they want to force our country to retreat from the world and abandon the cause of liberty.
Totalitarian ideology
They would then be free to impose their will and spread their totalitarian ideology. Listen to this warning from the late terrorist Zarqawi: "We will sacrifice our blood and bodies to put an end to your dreams, and what is coming is even worse."
And Osama bin Laden declared: "Death is better than living on this Earth with the unbelievers among us."
These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement.
In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East.
This war is more than a clash of arms – it is a decisive ideological struggle, and the security of our nation is in the balance.
What every terrorist fears most is human freedom – societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience, and live by their hopes instead of their resentments.
FULL SPEECH:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8328BBA8-70AD-4128-A000-2D2439AFA957.htm