Excerpt from President Bush's Address on the Iraq Invasion

On March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush explained to America his decision to invade Iraq.

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  1. disarm
    take away the weapons from; render harmless
    For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war.
  2. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
    That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
  3. ploy
    a maneuver in a game, conversation, or situation
    The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage.
  4. defy
    resist or confront with resistance
    It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament.
  5. deceive
    cause someone to believe an untruth
    Over the years, U.N. weapon inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged, and systematically deceived.
  6. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
    Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.
  7. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
    The regime has a history of reckless aggression in the Middle East.
  8. harbor
    secretly shelter, as a fugitive or criminal
    And it has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda.
  9. obtain
    come into possession of
    The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country, or any other.
  10. sovereign
    not controlled by outside forces
    The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security.
Created on Sat Mar 07 12:46:33 EST 2015 (updated Sat Mar 07 19:08:33 EST 2015)

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