Section[ PART I - Strategic Overview
Title[ THE BENEFITS OF VICTORY IN IRAQ
THE BENEFITS OF VICTORY IN IRAQ
-- Helping the people of Iraq is the morally right thing to do - America does not abandon its friends
in the face of adversity. Helping the people of Iraq, however, is also in our own national interest.
-- If we and our Iraqi partners prevail in Iraq, we will have made America:
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- Safer
- by removing Saddam Hussein, a destabilizing force in a vital region, a ruthless dictator
who had a history of pursuing and even using weapons of mass destruction, was a state
sponsor of terror, had invaded his neighbors, and who was violently opposed to America;
- by depriving terrorists of a safe haven from which they could plan and launch attacks
against the United States and American interests;
- by delivering a strategic setback to the terrorists and keeping them on the run;
- by delivering a decisive blow to the ideology that fuels international terrorism, proving that
the power of freedom is stronger than a perverse vision of violence, hatred, and oppression.
- Stronger
- by demonstrating to our friends and enemies the reliability of U.S. power, the strength of
our commitment to our friends, and the tenacity of our resolve against our enemies;
- by securing a new friend and partner in the fight against terrorism in the heart of the Middle
East.
- More Certain of its Future
- politically, by bolstering democratic reformers - and the prospects for peaceful, democratic
governments - in a region that for decades has been a source of instability and stagnation;
- economically, by facilitating progressive reform in the region and depriving terrorists control
over a hub of the world's economy.
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