2006年VOA标准英语-Bush: Troops in Iraq Make America Safer
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By Scott Stearns
White House
19 August 2006
President Bush says U.S. forces in Iraq are making Americans safer. Opposition1 Democrats2 say it is time to start bringing those troops home.
 President Bush (file photo) |
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In his weekly radio address, Mr. Bush says America will defeat terrorism by strengthening young democracies in Lebanon and Iraq.
"The way forward will be difficult, and it will require sacrifice and resolve," he said. "But America's security depends on liberty's advance in this troubled region, and we can be confident of the outcome because we know the unstoppable power of freedom."
The president says he is determined3 to keep U.S. troops in Iraq as he says it is better to fight terrorists abroad than to fight them at home.
In the Democratic radio address, Pennsylvania congressional candidate Joe Sestak called for a new direction for American security, saying it is time to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq to better prepare for security challenges worldwide.
"We are fostering a culture of dependence4 in Iraq," he said. "Iraqi leaders must be responsible for their own country. They must make the difficult political compromises that will stop the civil war and bring about stability. We cannot do this work for them. Completing our mission in Iraq will also make America safer everywhere."
Sestak, who is a former Navy vice5 admiral, says ending the U.S. military presence in Iraq would make more resources available for strengthening homeland security. He says two days of spending in Iraq would pay for screening all air cargo6 on passenger planes. Five days of spending on Iraq, he says, could fund the screening of all cargo entering American ports.
President Bush says his administration is protecting America by working tirelessly to prevent attacks from terrorists who he says remain determined to destroy innocent life on a massive scale.
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