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Joe Wilson: “The hope that danger has passed is comforting, it is understandable, and it is false. The attacks that followed on Bali…”

On the recordNovember 21, 2003
The hope that danger has passed is comforting, it is understandable, and it is false. The attacks that followed on Bali, Jakarta, Casa Blanca, Bombay, Mombassa, Najaf, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Baghdad and Istanbul were not dreams. They're part of the global campaign by terrorist networks to intimidate and demoralize those who oppose them.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing President Bush's speech on the war on terrorism.

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