Transcript: Vice President Cheney Speaks to The American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy ConferenceOffice of the White House Press Secretary
Tuesday, March 7, 2006; 12:57 PM
The Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
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Over the last several decades, Americans have seen how the terrorists pursue their objectives. Simply stated, they would hit us, but we would not hit back hard enough. In Beirut in 1983, terrorists killed 241 Americans, and afterward U.S. forces withdrew from Beirut. In 1993 we had the killing of American soldiers in Mogadishu, and the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. Then came the attack on the Saudi National Guard Training Center in Riyadh in 1995; the killings at Khobar Towers in 1996; the attack on our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998; and, of course, the attack on the USS Cole in 2000.
With each attack, the terrorists grew more confident in believing they could strike America without paying a price --- and indeed, believing that if they killed enough Americans, they could change American policy.So they continued to wage those attacks --- making the world less safe and eventually striking the United States in our homeland on September 11th. And we've seen the work of terrorists in many attacks since 9/11 --- in Jerusalem, Riyadh, Casablanca, Istanbul, Karachi, Mombassa, Bali, Jakarta, Najaf, Baghdad, London and Madrid. The terrorists have declared war on the civilized world. And America will lead the civilized world to victory. (Applause.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030700739.html?nav=rss_world So selling American ports to the UAE will make them safer?
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