December 14, 2005

Our Goal is Victory

By John B. Dwyer
As Iraqis, in the latest of their heroic achievements, began voting for a permanent constitution and government, President George W. Bush delivered a speech Monday in the birthplace of America's constitution, Philadelphia.  It was the  latest in a series of speeches detailing the administration's Victory in Iraq strategy, which rests upon three 'pillars' — security, economic, political.  Yesterday, President Bush explained its political pillar. He began by reminding Americans of the turbulent period of our Revolution, that 'the eight years from the end of the Revolutionary War to the election of a constitutional government were a time of disorder and upheaval.'  The challenges were many and our Founders made mistakes, e.g. the failed Articles of Confederation.  But in the end they crafted that superb document, that bulwark of our republic, the Constitution.   President Bush then reminded us all that Iraq has gone from a tyrannized populace...(Read Full Article)