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Todd Tiahrt: Now, a lot of the Democrats and liberals want to ignore what happened on September 11, 2001. They want to ignore that…

On the recordJune 2, 2004
Now, a lot of the Democrats and liberals want to ignore what happened on September 11, 2001. They want to ignore that terrorists brought the war on terrorism right down home to America. It was an attack on America, just like Pearl Harbor was an attack on America. They have forgotten that we are at war against terrorism, and it is on a global scale. And what do the terrorists want? They want a Taliban-style society right here in America. They want us to lose our freedom. They want our women to lose their rights. They do not want our women to have any property. They do not want them to have any voting rights. They do not want them to drive without having a male partner with them. They want them to wear burqas and look out through a mesh. This is a total change to what our western society is. If you just look at Fallujah where we tried to give those people in the terrorist organization a chance to peacefully surrender, we backed off, we allowed the Iraqis to go in, and what happened? Well, we have a Taliban-style government there. The women are threatened to wear burqas. The men cannot shave their beards anymore. What is at stake here around the world is our culture.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Discussing the threat of terrorism and its implications for American society.

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