"Events during the past two years have set before us the clearest of divides: Between those who seek order and those who spread chaos; between those who work for peaceful change and those who adopt the methods of gangsters; between those who honor the rights of man and those who deliberately take the lives of men and women and children, without mercy or shame."

The events of the past two years have also clearly placed you in camp #2, Mr. President. Care to comment on that?

"And all nations that fight terror, as if the lives of their own people depend on it...."

...while knowing that in fact they do not.

"The regime of Saddam Hussein cultivated ties to terror while it built weapons of mass destruction."

...in the 1980s, with our support.

"It used those weapons in acts of mass murder and refused to account for them when confronted by the world."

...in the 1980s, with our support.

"The Security Council was right to demand that Iraq destroy its illegal weapons and prove that it had done so. The Security Council was right to vow serious consequences if Iraq refused to comply."

Too bad we didn't let the weapons inspectors stick around to make sure that a) the weapons existed in the first place, or b) they were in fact destroyed.

"The Iraqi people are meeting hardships and challenges"

...such as their continued occupation by the armies of another nation.

"Across the world, nations are more secure because an ally of terror has fallen."

Oh, good, then we don't need PATRIOT II after all.

"...free people embrace hope over resentment, and choose peace over violence."

Yet more proof that the American people aren't free--especially since those of us who did advocate peace over violence were roundly ignored.

"We are training Iraqi police, border guards, and a new army..."

...by providing our own soldiers as targets, and firing on the Iraqis at random to teach them how to duck and cover.

"So we are rehabilitating power plants, water and sanitation facilities, bridges, and airports."

By "we", I assume you mean Mr. Cheney's buddies at Halliburton.

"The success of a free Iraq will be watched and noted throughout the region."

Yep. And the U.S. will be judged on the basis of that success, or failure.

"And a transformed Middle East would benefit the entire world, by undermining the ideologies that export violence to other lands."

It occurs to me that steady supply implies steady demand.

*sigh*

One year and four months until we can kick this clown out of office. Just one year and four months. Just one year and four months....