[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 42 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H1905-H1906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HELP AMERICAN LIBERATORS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Renzi) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, in days when wars were fought with bows and 
arrows, the international doctrine of self-defense said that a nation 
should not go to war unless attacked. But in these days of weapons of 
mass destruction and in these days following September 11, we no longer 
enjoy such a privilege. Americans cannot gamble on the false hope that 
Saddam Hussein, who has already killed one million of his own people, 
will not team up with the al Qaeda terrorists who have the intention 
and the determination to kill a million Americans.
  This lethal combination of Iraqi stockpiles of weapons of mass 
destruction and the al Qaeda network of international terrorists is too 
much to be left in the hands of the U.N. Security Council.

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  For those who think we have no reason to fight, no reason to ever go 
to war, I ask you to envision a Saddam Hussein who is the new hidden 
financier behind the al Qaeda network, a Saddam Hussein as a secret 
arms broker for the al Qaeda network, and a Saddam Hussein who has 
become the new leader of the al Qaeda network.
  This is why Americans must choose to put their future in the hands of 
the American administration, in our own military. Our future and your 
children is dependent upon us and our Nation protecting itself. This 
wounded beast, the Iraqis, this wounded beast, the al Qaeda network, 
will team up and come after us like a wounded beast, like a wounded 
bear.
  In addition, America lives by a moral obligation to lift up the weak, 
defend the oppressed, and free those too enslaved to free themselves. 
We come as liberators not conquerors. We have proven our just and true 
intentions in liberating other Islamic nations like Kuwait, like 
Bosnia, like Afghanistan. We have shown the Muslim world that we can 
help you be free and respect your faith.
  So rise up, people of Iraq, overthrow the Butcher of Baghdad. Begin 
to dream now of how you can rebuild your nation, how you can choose to 
institute a representative form of government of your own choosing. You 
need not be content with the mediocrity imposed upon you. Your Iraqi 
brothers and sisters will return to your homeland from exile. They will 
help rebuild your nation. This is your chance, a second chance to 
breathe free. Rise up now and help the American liberators.

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