Elections in Iraq are just over a month away, and the terrorists know that with each passing day between now and than Iraq moves closer and closer to democracy, something that will be a huge blow to them. As they see the death sentence that is a free Iraq moving closer and closer, they become increasingly more desperate, and increasingly more brutal and barbaric. In this final leg on the road to elections, America and the Iraqi people must remain firm and resolved, determined not to let the evil that that we face stop us. This I am confident we will do, and we will once again show those who seek to destroy us that we will not and cannot be defeated, that we will always fight for freedom and democracy, whatever the costs.
As we go through these trying times over in Iraq, I believe it is important to remember the words of Tom Paine:
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
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