| Show I e I l President Bush requests troops in Gulf receive our support President George Bush BushI F armed men invaded a ahome ahome ahome I IF home in this country killed those in their way stole what they wanted and then announced the house was now theirs theirs theirs-no no one would hesitate about what must be done a And that is why we cannot cannot cannot can can- not hesitate about what must be done halfway around the world in Kuwait There is much in the modern world that is subject to doubts or questions questions- washed in shades of gray but not the brutal aggression of Hussein against a peaceful sovereign nation and its people Its It's black and white The facts are clear The choice unambiguous Right vs Wrong The terror terror terror ter ter- ter- ter Hussein has imposed imposed imposed im im- im- im posed upon Kuwait violates every principle of human decency Listen to what Amnesty Amnesty Amnesty Am Am- nesty International has docu docu- Widespread abuses of human rights have been perpetrated by Iraqi for for- arrest and detention without trial of tor tor- of the death penalty and the extra judicial execution of hundreds of unarmed unarmed unarmed un un- un- un armed civilians including children Including children Theres There's no horror that could make this a more obvious conflict of good vs evil The Theman Theman Theman man who used chemical warfare warfare warfare war war- fare on his own people people once once again including children children- now oversees public hangings of dissenters And daily his troops commit atrocities against Kuwaiti citizens This brutality has reverberated reverberated reverberated rever rever- berated throughout the entire world If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life then his lawlessness lawlessness lawlessness lawless lawless- ness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging emerging emerging ing New World Order We now see this long of dreamed-of vision weve we've all worked toward for so long A year after the joyous dawn of freedoms freedom's light in Eastern Europe a dark evil has descended in another part of the world But we have the chance chance and and we have the obligation to to stop ruthless aggression I have been in war I have known the terror of combat And I tell you this with all my heart I dont don't want there thereto to be a war ever again I am determined to do absolutely everything possible in the search for a peaceful resolution resolution resolution tion to this crisis crisis but but only if the peace is genuine if it rests on principle not appease appease- ment But while we search for that answer in the Gulf young men and women are putting their lives on hold in order to stand for peace in our world and for the essential essential essential essen essen- value of human life itself Many are younger than my myown myown myown own children Your age most of them Doing tough duty for something they believe in Let me tell you about one of the soldiers over there Terry Hatfield a young man from Georgia He sent me a Christmas card And this is what he wrote Mr President I just wanted you to know my soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers and I are ready to do I whatever mission you decide Freedom as we know and anden en enjoy joy has been taken from another country and must be restored Although though AI we are separated from family friends loved ones we will do what must be stand ready and waiting God bless you and the USA U.S.A. Terry understands the moral obligation that has compelled our extraordinary national multi-national coalition to tomake tomake tomake make this stand in the Gulf To look this international terrorist terrorist terrorist ter ter- ter- ter straight in the eye and say no concessions To proclaim now and for the future future future fu fu- fu- fu ture no compromises To bear witness by our presence to the fact that aggression will not be rewarded Terry waits thousands of miles from the White House yet we share the same thoughts We desperately want peace But we know that to reward aggression would be to end the promise of our New World Order To reward aggression would be beto beto beto to destroy the United Nations Nation's promise as international international international peacekeeper To reward aggression would be to condone condone condone con con- done the acts of those who would dese desecrate rate the promise of human life itself And we will do none of this There are times in life when we confront values worth fighting for This is isone isone isone one such time Each day that passes means another day for Iraq's forces to dig deeper into their stolen land Another day Sad- Sad dam Hussein can work toward building his nuclear arsenal and perfecting his chemical and biological weapons weapon's capability Another day of atrocities for Amnesty International to document Another day of international outlaws instead of international international law I ask you to think about the economic devastation that Hussein armed with weapons of mass destruction already poses to human life and to the future of all nations Together as an America united against these horrors we can with our coalition partners assure that this aggression aggression aggression ag ag- ag- ag is stopped and the principles on which this nation nation nation na na- na- na tion and the rest of the civilized civilized civi civi- world are founded are preserved And so let us remember and support Terry Hatfield all our fine servicemen and women as they stand ready on the frontier of freedom willing to do their duty and do it well They deserve our complete and enthusiastic sup support support port a nd lasting gratitude r |
