Monday, July 25, 2005

Looking in the rearview mirror: "Iraq has undergone a historic transformation"

July 27, 2004

Vice President Dick Cheney's Remarks at a Rally for the Troops [link]
Marine Corps Base Camp Joseph HR Pendleton
San Diego County, California
Iraq has undergone a historic transformation. Sixteen months ago, Iraq was under the control of a dictator. Today, Saddam Hussein is in jail. (Applause.) Sixteen months ago, 25 million Iraqi people lived in repression, fearful of torture or death. Now they are free, and protected by an Iraqi bill of rights, and preparing to elect their own leaders. Sixteen months ago, Iraq was a gathering threat to the United States and the civilized world. Now it is a rising democracy, an ally in the war on terror, and the American people are safer for it. (Applause.)

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