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Goodmorning.Earlierthisweek,IspokewithPrimeMinisterMalikiofIraq.Wediscussedtherecentincreaseinviolenceinhiscountry.AttackshavegrownsignificantlyduringthefirstweeksoftheMuslimholymonthofRamadan.

Thereareanumberofreasonsforthisincreaseinviolence.OnereasonisthatCoalitionandIraqiforceshavebeenconductingfocusedoperationstobringsecuritytoBaghdad.Sidebyside,IraqiandAmericanforcesareoperatinginthecity''''smostviolentareastodisruptalQaeda,captureenemyfighters,crackdownonIEDmakers,andbreakupdeathsquads.Asweengageourenemiesintheirstronghold,theseenemiesareputtingupatoughfight.InabriefinginIraqonThursday,GeneralWilliamCaldwellsaidtheoperationtosecureBaghdadhas"notmetouroverallexpectations."Healsoexplained,"It''''snocoincidencethatthesurgeinattacksagainstcoalitionforcescoincideswithourincreasedpresenceinthestreetsinBaghdad."

OurgoalinIraqisclearandunchanging:Ourgoalisvictory.Whatischangingarethetacticsweusetoachievethatgoal.Ourcommandersonthegroundareconstantlyadjustingtheirapproachtostayaheadoftheenemy,particularlyinBaghdad.GeneralPetePace,theChairmanoftheJointChiefs,recentlyputitthisway:"Fromamilitarystandpoint,everydayisareassessmentday."Wehaveastrategythatallowsustobeflexibleandtoadapttochangingcircumstances.We''''vechangedthewaywetraintheIraqisecurityforces.Wehavechangedthewaywedeliverreconstructionassistanceinareasthathavebeenclearedofterroristinfluence.Andwewillcontinuetobeflexible,andmakeeverynecessarychangetoprevailinthisstruggle.

Iraq''''snewleadersarebeginningtotakethedifficultstepsnecessarytodefeattheterroristsandunitetheircountry.ThePrimeMinisterrecentlymetwithtriballeadersfromAnbarProvince,whotoldhimtheyarereadytostandupandfighttheterrorists.He''''salsotakenactiontocleanuptheIraqinationalpolice.Hisgovernmentsuspendedanationalpoliceunitafterallegationstha公务员之家版权所有tsomeofitsmemberswerelinkedtomilitiasanddeathsquads.Abattalioncommanderwasarrestedforpossiblecomplicityinsectariandeaths.Andearlierthisweek,twoofIraq''''smostseniorpolicecommanderswerereassignedaspartofamajorrestructuringofthenationalpoliceforce.

AnotherreasonfortherecentincreaseinattacksisthattheterroristsaretryingtoinfluencepublicopinionhereintheUnitedStates.Theyhaveasophisticatedpropagandastrategy.Theyknowtheycannotdefeatusinthebattle,sotheyconducthigh-profileattacks,hopingthattheimagesofviolencewilldemoralizeourcountryandforceustoretreat.Theycarryvideocamerasandfilmtheiratrocities,andbroadcastthemontheInternet.Theye-mailimagesandvideoclipstoMiddleEasterncablenetworkslikeal-Jazeera,andinstructtheirfollowerstosendthesamematerialtoAmericanjournalists,authors,andopinionleaders.Theyoperatewebsites,wheretheypostmessagesfortheirfollowersandreadersacrosstheworld.

Inonerecentmessage,theGlobalIslamicMediaFront--agroupthatoftenpostsalQaedapropagandaonwebsites--saidtheirgoalisto,"carryoutamediawarthatisparalleltothemilitarywar."ThisisthesamestrategytheterroristslaunchedinAfghanistanfollowing9/11.InalettertotheTalibanleaderMullahOmar,OsamabinLadenwrotethatalQaedaintendedtowage"amediacampaign,tocreateawedgebetweentheAmericanpeopleandtheirgovernment."

TheterroristsaretryingtodivideAmericaandbreakourwill,andwemustnotallowthemtosucceed.SoAmericawillstandwiththedemocraticgovernmentofIraq.WewillhelpPrimeMinisterMalikibuildafreenationthatcangovernitself,sustainitself,anddefenditself.AndwewillhelpIraqbecomeastrongdemocracythatisastrongallyinthewaronterror.

Thereisonethingwewillnotdo:Wewillnotpullourtroopsoffthebattlefieldbeforethemissioniscomplete.TherearesomeinWashingtonwhoarguethatretreatingfromIraqwouldmakeussafer.Idisagree.RetreatingfromIraqwouldallowtheterroriststogainanewsafehavenfromwhichtolaunchnewattacksonAmerica.RetreatingfromIraqwoulddishonorthemenandwomenwhohavegiventheirlivesinthatcountry,andmeantheirsacrificehasbeeninvain.AndretreatingfromIraqwouldemboldentheterrorists,andmakeourcountry,ourfriends,andouralliesmorevulnerabletonewattacks.

ThelastfewweekshavebeenroughforourtroopsinIraq,andfortheIraqipeople.Thefightingisdifficult,butourNationhasseendifficultfightsbefore.InWorldWarIIandtheColdWar,e公务员之家版权所有arliergenerationsofAmericanssacrificedsothatwecanliveinfreedom.Thisgenerationwilldoitsdutyaswell.Wewilldefeattheterroristseverywheretheymaketheirstand,andwewillleaveamorehopefulworldforourchildrenandourgrandchildren.