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George W. Bush: “If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2006
If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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State of the Union Address on the consequences of retreating from Iraq

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