It seems to be going OK but Bush is saying “we’re optimistic” about what is taking place in Iraq.
I think that’s the wrong word. I would argue that he should be saying: “We’re determined.”
And he might add: “We intend to remain determined, resolute, no matter what. Because we are fighting al-Qaeda and other terrorists, we are fighting Islamist fascists and totalitarians -- forces that we must never allow to defeat us.
“When our enemies understand that they cannot win by slaughtering civilians they will stop doing that. But if our enemies discover that terrorism is a weapon that succeeds, that gets us to do what they want us to do, then we’re sure to have more of it.”
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