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Michael Arcuri: “I am convinced, after seeing the job that they did, that our military, in a just cause, could accomplish anything we ask…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2007
I am convinced, after seeing the job that they did, that our military, in a just cause, could accomplish anything we ask of them, anything in the world. And I was just very impressed with how hard they're working. But you can't help but be troubled by the fact that the mission there continues to change. I can't help but think about, the old example that they use in football is every time that the team sets up to kick a field goal they move the goalpost back. It just seems like that's what we're doing. First, as my friend from Vermont just said, we were told we were going to Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. That didn't pan out. We were told we had to remove a dictator in Saddam Hussein. Our soldiers did that, and they did it magnificently.
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Michael Arcuri
New York
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Discussing the changing mission of U.S. troops in Iraq and their performance.

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