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Bush Vows to Stay in Iraq

HeadlineSep 23, 2005

In a major address delivered at the Pentagon on Thursday, President Bush said clearly that US forces would not withdraw from Iraq “on my watch, saying that would give terrorists the chance to “claim an historic victory over the United States”. Bush also attacked the growing chorus of people in the US and across the world calling for the US to pull out of Iraq:

“Their position is wrong. Withdrawing our troops would make the world more dangerous and make America less safe. To leave Iraq now would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of September the 11th, 2001”.

Bush’s speech comes just days ahead of what is expected to be one of the largest anti-war demonstrations in US history, planned for this Saturday. And as he spoke a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll was released showing that 55 percent of Americans believe the US should speed up withdrawal plans, while only 21 percent say the United States definitely would win the war in Iraq, while more than a third of people say they considered the war unwinnable. In his address, Bush also publicly acknowledged that more than 1,900 US soldiers had been killed in Iraq and he said that some 18,000 US troops serving in Afghanistan had not yet finished their mission.

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