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A lesson in right vs. wrong
By George Bush
If armed men invaded a
home in this country, killed
those in their way. stole what
they wanted and then an
nounced that the home was
now theirs — no one would
hesitate about what must lx?
done.
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And that is why we must not
hesitate about what must lx?
done halfway around the world
in Kuwait.
There is much in the modern
world that is subject to doubts
or questions — washed in shad
ows of gray. But not the brutal
aggression of Saddam Hussein
against a peaceful, sovereign
nation and its people. It's black
and white. The facts are clear.
The choice is unambiguous.
Right vs. wrong
The terror Saddam Hussein
has imposed upon Kuwait vio
lates every principle of human
decency. Listen to what Am
nesty International has docu
mented. "Widespread abuses
of human rights have been per
petrated by Iraqi forces ... arbi
trary arrests and detention
without trial of thousands ...
widespread torture ... imposi
tion of the death penalty and
the extrajudicial execution of
hundreds of unarmed civilians,
including children."
Including children. There is
no horror that could make this
a more obvious conflict of good
vs. evil. The man who used
chemical warfare against his
own people — once again in
cluding children — now over
sees public hangings of dissent
ers And daily his troops com
mit atrocities against Kuwaiti
citizens.
This brutality has reverberat
ed throughout the entire world
If we do not follow the dictates
of our inner moral compass and
stand up fur human life, then
ibis lawlessness will threaten
the peace and democracy of the
emerging new world order we
now see: this long-dreamed-of
vision we've all worked toward
for so long
A year after the joyous dawn
of freedom's light in Eastern
Europe, a dark evil has de
scended in another part of tin
world But we have the chance
and we have the obligation
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 1 don't want there to to a
war ever again. I am deter
mined to do absolutely every
thing possible to search for a
peaceful resolution to this cri
sis — but only if the peace is
genuine, if it rests on principle,
not appeasement
But while we search for that
answer, in the gulf young men
and women are putting their
own lives on hold in order to
stand for peace in our world
and for the essential value of
human life itself. Many are
younger than my 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. Sgt 1st
Class Terry Hatfield, a young
man from Georgia. He sent me
a Christmas card and this is
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dona BUSH
what he said.
"Mr. President. 1 just wanted
you to know my soldiers and I
are ready to do whatever mis
sion you decide. Freedom as
we know and enjoy has been
taken away from another coun
try and must lie restored. Al
though we are separate from
family, friends, loved ones, we
will do what must t>e done ...
We stand ready and waiting
I'.od bless you and the U.S.A
Terry understands the moral
obligation that has compelled
our extraordinary multi-nation
al coalition to make this stand
in the gulf. To look this inter
national terrorist straight in the
eye and say: No concessions
To proclaim now and for tin*
future: No compromises. To
bear witness by our presence to
the fact that aggression will not
bo rewarded
Terry waits thousands of
miles from the White House,
yet we share the same
thoughts We desperately want
peace Hut we know that to re
ward aggression would bo to
end the promise of our new
world order To reward aggres
sion would l>e to destroy the
United Nation's promise as in
ternational peacekeeper To re
ward aggression would be to
condone the acts of those who
desecrate 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 one such time.
Kach day that passes means
another day for Iraq's forces to
dig deeper into their stolen
land. Another day Saddam
Hussein can work toward
building his nuclear arsenal
and perfecting his chemical
and biological weapons capa
bility. Another day of atrocities
for Amnesty International to
document Another (fay of in
ternational outlaws, instead of
international law
I ask you to think about the
economic devastation that Sad
dam Hussein would continue
to wreak on the world's democ
racies if he were able to control
one-fifth of the world's oil re
serves.
Together, as an America
united against these horrors,
we can, with our coalition part
ners. assure that this aggression
is stopped and the principles
on which this nation and the
rest of the civilized world are
founded are preserved.
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