Military Victory Defined, President Bush in 2003
The military goals of Operation Iraqi Freedom were defined by the President in 2003 and they have now been clearly met. You do not have to agree with the objectives themselves to agree that they have been met. The execution of Saddam Hussein should serve to provide closure to the objectives of the US Military. To change those goals now is moving the goal posts for those that helped achieve a stunning Victory:
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
We have passed more than a dozen resolutions in the United Nations Security Council. We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq. Our good faith has not been returned.
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
THE PRESIDENT: I’ve asked the members of Congress to come up so that members of my administration can keep the leadership up-to-date as the war to liberate Iraq and to remove weapons of mass destruction out of Iraq proceeds. The military briefings, of course, will continue to be given out of the Pentagon. Secretary Rumsfeld will be briefing this afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. American and coalition forces have begun a concerted campaign against the regime of Saddam Hussein. In this war, our coalition is broad, more than 40 countries from across the globe. Our cause is just, the security of the nations we serve and the peace of the world. And our mission is clear, to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people.
THE PRESIDENT: I am pleased with the progress that we’re making in the early stages of a — of the war to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, and to free the Iraqi people from the clutches of a brutal dictatorship.
The Armed Forces of the United States fulfilled the military objectives as stated by the President of The United States. Saddam Hussein was removed from power and will never be able to threaten the world with weapons of mass destruction and the people of Iraq now control their own destiny.
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