Las Vegas, Nov 26: US President George W Bush has vowed to meet "short-term security needs" in places like Iraq with military force, but said long-term US interests are best served by spreading global freedom. "We'll deal with the short-term security needs by staying on the offensive," the President said in a speech at a hospital here to tout a sweeping overhaul of the government's Medicare Health Care program for the elderly.
Speaking shortly after a series of explosions were heard in Baghdad, Bush vowed that deadly insurgent attacks on US-led forces occupying war-ravaged Iraq would not derail plans to build a prosperous democracy there.
"This nation will stay the course to bring democracy and freedom to Afghanistan and Iraq. By doing so, we will not only help the long-suffering people in those countries, we will make America more secure and the world more peaceful," the President said.
Bureau Report