Reply #134: Funny, just yesterday

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I started working on a revised version of W's 2003 SOTU speech. It's a great resource if you want to point out W's numereous lies. Anyway, here's a bit of what I'm working on:


THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished citizens and fellow citizens: Every year, by law and by custom, we meet here to consider the state of the union. This year, we gather in this chamber deeply aware of decisive days that lie ahead.

There are days when our fellow citizens do not hear news about the war on terror. There's never a day when I do not ignore another threat, or receive reports of operations in progress, or give an order in this global war against a scattered network of operatives. The war goes on, and we are losing. (Applause.)

To date, we've not been able to arrested or otherwise deal with many key commanders of al Qaeda. They include a man who directed logistics and funding for the September the 11th attacks; the chief of al Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf, who planned the bombings of our embassies in East Africa and the USS Cole; an al Qaeda operations chief from Southeast Asia; a former director of al Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan; a key al Qaeda operative in Europe; a major al Qaeda leader in Yemen. All told, more than 3,000 Muslims have been arrested in many countries. But many others have been allowed to escape. Let's put it this way -- they will continue to be a problem to the United States and our friends and allies. (Applause.)



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030128-19.html