May 27 2007
Strangers in the night
Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday urged the 978 new graduates of the U.S. Military Academy to provide leadership to troops fighting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan…
“We’re fighting a war over there because the enemy attacked us first,†Cheney said. “These are men who glorify murder and suicide. Terrorists are defined entirely by their hatreds.â€
The terrorism fight now centers on Iraq, the vice president said, because that is where the enemy has massed. “The security of this nation depends on the outcome,†Cheney said.
He promised that the Army would have all the manpower, equipment and support it needs and referred to President Bush’s signature Friday on a spending bill for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
