Apr 23 2009
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“ And there’s hopeful developments in Iraq. I know you see violence on your TV screens, and it breaks my heart to see the death of innocent life there. But that’s the only thing the terrorists have got going for them. They’ve got the capacity to shake our conscience, because, unlike their ideology, we value every human life. Every person is precious. I am very optimistic about Iraq, because, first of all, I believe deep in everybody’s soul is the desire to be free. Freedom is not our country’s gift to the world; freedom is an Almighty God’s gift to each person in this world.
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Former President George W. Bush, 08-29-05
retropolitics thought bubble: A just war or just a crusade?
(via retropolitics)
“value every human life”? Isn’t the US one of the only “developed” countries that still has the death penalty?
