Mark Kennedy: “what a difference 2 years makes. In August of 2003, I was in Iraq, and…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2005

what a difference 2 years makes. In August of 2003, I was in Iraq, and every Marine I met wanted to show me the field that Iraqis began digging in as soon as they took control of it. A mass grave was there with 3,000 bodies, part of the 400,000 to 500,000 mass graves around the country. This hopelessness has really driven the Iraqis to embrace the freedom that our brave soldiers have given them the opportunity for. That is why, as we stand here today, millions of Iraqis, Shia, Sunni, Kurds are giving the terrorists the finger, the ink-stained finger voting for the third time this year, and as they do that, they are piercing through the hopelessness that breeds terrorism. They are giving themselves the opportunities for a better life. They are transforming a region. They are making America safer. We applaud the Iraqis. We thank the American troops that have made this possible. ____________________

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Mark Kennedy

Minnesota

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Mark Kennedy: “what a difference 2 years makes. In August of 2003, I was in Iraq, and every Marine I met wanted to show me the field…”