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H. RES. 861 Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on TerrorSubmitted by Prometheus 6 on June 14, 2006 - 8:20am.
on Politics Please note this is tagged Politics, not War. 109th CONGRESS 2d SessionH. RES. 861 Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2006Mr. HYDE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary. Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror, a long and demanding struggle against an adversary that is driven by hatred of American values and that is committed to imposing, by the use of terror, its repressive ideology throughout the world; Whereas for the past two decades, terrorists have used violence in a futile attempt to intimidate the United States; Whereas it is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, take the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance; Whereas the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other terrorists failed to stop free elections in Afghanistan and the first popularly-elected President in that nation's history has taken office; Whereas the continued determination of Afghanistan, the United States, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be required to sustain a sovereign, free, and secure Afghanistan; Whereas the steadfast resolve of the United States and its partners since September 11, 2001, helped persuade the government of Libya to surrender its weapons of mass destruction; Whereas by early 2003 Saddam Hussein and his criminal, Ba'athist regime in Iraq, which had supported terrorists, constituted a threat against global peace and security and was in violation of mandatory United Nations Security Council Resolutions; Whereas the mission of the United States and its Coalition partners, having removed Saddam Hussein and his regime from power, is to establish a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq at peace with its neighbors; Whereas the terrorists have declared Iraq to be the central front in their war against all who oppose their ideology; Whereas the Iraqi people, with the help of the United States and other Coalition partners, have formed a permanent, representative government under a newly ratified constitution; Whereas the terrorists seek to destroy the new unity government because it threatens the terrorists' aspirations for Iraq and the broader Middle East; Whereas United States Armed Forces, in coordination with Iraqi security forces and Coalition and other friendly forces, have scored impressive victories in Iraq including finding and killing the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; Whereas Iraqi security forces are, over time, taking over from United States and Coalition forces a growing proportion of independent operations and increasingly lead the fight to secure Iraq; Whereas the United States and Coalition servicemembers and civilians and the members of the Iraqi security forces and those assisting them who have made the ultimate sacrifice or been wounded in Iraq have done so nobly, in the cause of freedom; and Whereas the United States and its Coalition partners will continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror: Now, therefore, be it
"(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq" Then after that we're gonna cure the common cold, raise the dead and walk on water. able to get past their vewy own Pwezidint. That wascally wabbit knows full well that the war is already over. In the popular mind, completion means cleaning up the mess...that's hardly the work. Post new comment |
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I'm a tree, I'm really pissed off right now. That's some dookies-en-parchment (pronounced Dooh-kees-AHN-parsh-MON)...you know, when you recycle the NY Times to pick up after your pooch.