America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.

There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.

Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.

The western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.