For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction from their war on America; it is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided.

The road ahead is going to be difficult, and it will require more sacrifice.

But obviously we're still not completely safe. Because there are people that still plot and people who want to harm us for what we believe in.

America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe.

the White House trying another way to link the war in Iraq to the war in -- war on terror.

We can decide to stop fighting the terrorists in Iraq and other parts of the world, but they will not decide to stop fighting us.

You've seen this kind of enemy before. They are successors to fascists, to Nazis, to communists and other totalitarians of the 20th Century.

Victory in Iraq will be difficult and it will require more sacrifice. The fighting there can be as fierce as it was at Omaha Beach or Guadalcanal. And victory is as important as it was in those earlier battles.

The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror and that depends on victory in Iraq. So the United States of America will not leave until victory is achieved.

The Democrats aren't committed to protecting the American people.

They are speeches to make it clear that, if we retreat before the job is done, this nation will become even more in jeopardy. These are important times. And I was -- I seriously hope people wouldn't politicize these issues that I'm going…

I will never question the patriotism of somebody who disagrees with him.