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Bush Longs for Peace for All
Monday, July 1, 2002
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service

"We said, 'If you harbor terrorists, you're just like the terrorists and we'll treat you just like the terrorists.' "We upheld that doctrine by removing the Taliban, but more importantly, we liberated people."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
The United States must do what is right to defend freedom for all people, President Bush said today in Cleveland.

"History has called us into action," the president told about 3,000 people representing local community groups, charities, nonprofit groups, and school-choice organizations assembled at Cleveland's State Theater.

"For the sake of our young, for the sake of our children and our grandchildren," he said, "we must be strong enough and resolved enough to defend freedom to the core, to not waiver or tire in the face of an enemy that hopes that we relinquish our love for freedom and the values that we hold dear in America.

"I want the youngsters here to understand this great country doesn't seek revenge, we seek justice," Bush continued. "This great country, when we go somewhere, we don't go as conquerors. We go as liberators.
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