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In ABC News/Washington Post poll President Bush earns 77 percent approval rating and 80 percent support for war against Iraq. . . . Bush at Camp Lejeune: “The United States and our allies pledged to act if the dictator did not disarm. The regime in Iraq is now learning that we keep our word. By our actions, we serve a great and just cause: We will remove weapons of mass destruction from the hands of mass murderers. Free nations will not sit and wait, leaving enemies free to plot another September 11, this time, perhaps, with chemical or biological or nuclear terror. And by defending our own security, we are freeing the people of Iraq from one of the cruelest regimes on earth.” . . . Bush in televised address to the Iraqi people: “We will help you build a peaceful and representative government that protects the rights of all citizens, and then our military forces will leave. You are a good and gifted people—the heirs of a great civilization that contributes to all humanity. You deserve better than tyranny and corruption and torture chambers. You deserve to live as free people.”

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: “One cannot help but think of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. We are seeing history unfold, events that will shape the course of a country, the fate of a people, and potentially the future of the region. Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Ceausescu in the pantheon of failed, brutal dictators. And the Iraqi people are well on their way to freedom.” . . . Vice President Cheney, on the war: “One of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted.” . . . More Cheney: “In the early days of the war, the plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios.”

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In ABC News/Washington Post poll President Bush earns 77 percent approval rating and 80 percent support for war against Iraq. . . . Bush at Camp Lejeune: “The United States and our allies pledged to act if the dictator did not disarm. The regime in Iraq is now learning that we keep our word. By our actions, we serve a great and just cause: We will remove weapons of mass destruction from the hands of mass murderers. Free nations will not sit and wait, leaving enemies free to plot another September 11, this time, perhaps, with chemical or biological or nuclear terror. And by defending our own security, we are freeing the people of Iraq from one of the cruelest regimes on earth.” . . . Bush in televised address to the Iraqi people: “We will help you build a peaceful and representative government that protects the rights of all citizens, and then our military forces will leave. You are a good and gifted people—the heirs of a great civilization that contributes to all humanity. You deserve better than tyranny and corruption and torture chambers. You deserve to live as free people.”

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: “One cannot help but think of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. We are seeing history unfold, events that will shape the course of a country, the fate of a people, and potentially the future of the region. Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Ceausescu in the pantheon of failed, brutal dictators. And the Iraqi people are well on their way to freedom.” . . . Vice President Cheney, on the war: “One of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted.” . . . More Cheney: “In the early days of the war, the plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios.”