Interview With Al Arabiya
10/23/2005
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
The path to victory will be uphill and uneven, and it will require more patience and sacrifice from our Nation.
If you harbor terrorists, you're as guilty as the terrorists; you're an enemy of the United States, and you will be held to account.
The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror, and that depends on victory in Iraq, so America will not leave ...
If America were to pull out before Iraq can defend itself, the consequences would be disastrous.