Liberal Talk Radio

Thanksgiving 2003:

“You are defending the American people from danger and we are grateful. You are defeating the terrorists here in Iraq.”

The insurgents in the country are “testing our will. They hope we will run,” he said.

But, he said, “we did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq, pay a bitter cost of casualties, defeat a ruthless dictator and liberate 25 million people only to retreat before a band of thugs and assassins.”

That line prompted a standing ovation.

“We will prevail. We will stay until the job is done,” he said.