[• Franks told reporters the coalition now had a] very capable ground force ... represented a serious northern threat to regime forces. |
[Bush then said,] May God Bless the troops, ... May God Bless America. |
[For his part, retired Gen. Tommy Franks, who has been speaking out as a Bush surrogate, has an op-ed piece in this morning's New York Times, accusing Kerry of] distortions of history. ... The war against terrorism is the right war at the right time for the right reasons. And Iraq is one of the places that the war must be fought and won. George Bush has his eye on that ball, and Senator John Kerry does not. |
a hammer and an anvil. |
America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago. |
As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character. |
dead or alive. |
Did this go as we intended it to? |
Enemy forces in this area are dug in. They're in caves. They're also in natural fighting positions, |
Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid, |
Hank was a tough, focused, brave operator and an excellent organizer. His work was invaluable, |
have attacked and destroyed a massive terrorist facility in the last 48 hours in northern Iraq, and ground forces, as we speak, are exploiting the results of that strike. |
He has served our country with great distinction, |
I also know he cannot lead troops to victory in a war when he has made it perfectly clear that he does not support the cause. |
I anticipate we'll be involved in Iraq in the future. Whether that means two years or four years, I don't know. |