Lies of 9/11, Security and Necessity of War Continue in Obamas Speech for Aghanistan Surge

Tuesday Dec 1st.

”We did not ask for this fight. On September 11, 2001, nineteen men hijacked four airplanes and used them to murder nearly 3,000 people. They struck at our military and economic nerve centers. They took the lives of innocent men, women, and children without regard to their faith or race or station. Were it not for the heroic actions of the passengers on board one of those flights, they could have also struck at one of the great symbols of our democracy in Washington, and killed many more.”

“As we know, these men belonged to al Qaeda – a group of extremists who have distorted and defiled Islam…”

“Just days after 9/11, Congress authorized the use of force against al Qaeda and those who harbored them..”

“…the United Nations Security Council endorsed the use of all necessary steps to respond to the 9/11 attacks…”

“Al Qaeda has not reemerged in Afghanistan in the same numbers as before 9/11, but they retain their safe-havens…”

“…I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is the epicenter of the violent extremism practiced by al Qaeda. It is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak.“

“…the American people were viciously attacked from Afghanistan..”

“This is not just America’s war. Since 9/11, al Qaeda’s safe-havens have been the source of attacks against London and Amman and Bali.”

“….when this war began, we were united – bound together by the fresh memory of a horrific attack, and by the determination to defend our homeland…”

Also intersting to note:

“….because we know that al Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them.”

“We are in Afghanistan to prevent a cancer from once again spreading through that country. But this same cancer has also taken root in the border region of Pakistan“

“And we cannot count on military might alone. We have to invest in our homeland security, because we cannot capture or kill every violent extremist abroad.”