Some of the critics are seeing a connection where none is intended. People are perfectly within their rights to oppose the policy of war, but this is about supporting the troops. |
some of the toughest fighting could lie ahead. |
The despicable behavior of the Iraqi regime has in no way stopped the progress of the coalition. Control of the country continues to slip away from the Iraqi regime, and coalition forces are closing in on Baghdad. |
There are still some orders being given by somebody. They don't seem to be the best of orders. They don't seem to be very well coordinated, ... sporadic attacks from small units. |
They did the best job they could. Where they could not understand words, phrases, sentences, they left it out or they put 'unintelligible' or they put 'phonetic.' Now the tape is what it is. The translation is what it is. |
They have made clear their intent, they have made clear their desire to harm and kill Americans. It clearly is an organization with some real capabilities to have pulled off what they pulled off on 9-11, |
War is a dangerous, dangerous business, and you're not safe when you're in a war zone. |
We are taking this very, very seriously. One of our main responsibilities around here is to make sure that we take very good care of the taxpayers' hard-earned dollars, and we take these reports very seriously. Some of them are quite disturbing. |
We still have some tough work ahead, ... As I said, as we close in on Baghdad, we have great concern about whether or not they would use WMD (weapons of mass destruction), for instance. We realize that some of the fighting from a desperate, dying regime could be pretty intense. But that's what we're focused on. |
We still have some tough work ahead. As I said, as we close in on Baghdad, we have great concern about whether or not they would use WMD (weapons of mass destruction), for instance. We realize that some of the fighting from a desperate, dying regime could be pretty intense. But that's what we're focused on. |
Who knows who's in charge. |