9/10/11 - Fmr NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Delivers Weekly GOP Address On 10 Years Since 9/11

In the Weekly Republican Address, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani discusses the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks and considers the lessons of that day and the decade since.

Mayor Giuliani says, "On the 10th anniversary of the attacks, we must take stock of what we've learned. The attacks had two purposes. The first was to kill as many Americans as possible. The second was to destroy America's spirit.

"As we remember the thousands of lives lost on that day, there's no doubt that the terrorists achieved their first goal and will leave us with a deep wound forever. When it comes to destroying our spirit, however...as we consider the rescue and recovery effort we witnessed at the time of and in the aftermath of the attacks, it's clear that the terrorists failed."

He says, "People often ask me, 'Is America safer now than it was before September 11?' The answer is: 'Yes, but not as safe as we should be.' We're safer because we faced a difficult truth. A danger that we allowed to fester and grow without confronting properly, was suddenly staring us in the face. The engagement of Islamic extremist terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan is an important part of our having prevented additional large-scale attacks. We've made significant improvements in intelligence gathering and in airport security. But much work remains."

Mayor Giuliani warns, ""Perhaps the most dangerous impulse we've developed since September 11 is impatience demonstrated by the calls to put our armed forces on timetables. It's a re-emergence of a dangerous historical pattern that sometimes afflicts America -- a desire to demilitarize by minimizing the dangers we face and that's led to catastrophes in the past, including the 'peace dividend' taken in the 90's as Islamic extremist terrorists were attacking us regularly. American security requires a long-term military presence in the part of the world where people and organizations are plotting to kill us. The timetable should not be based on a politically expedient calendar, but on when we've eliminated the threat of domestic attacks being generated in that particular part of the world. We must not allow impatience to prevent our military from achieving its objective in Iraq and Afghanistan and the objective is the elimination of the threat to our nation."

"Finally," he says, "America must take care of those who were harmed during the difficult and dangerous recovery effort. We must not forget what it meant to the country to watch these brave men and women work toward recovery and they shouldn't be abandoned now. If they become ill, we are responsible for taking care of them. After all, they took care of us."

He concludes, "We must rediscover our unity. We must never forget what we witnessed on that day, both the incomprehensible face of pure evil and the depth of love and compassion. Today, ten years later, the fight continues and the memories remain etched into our national character."

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[Aniconicx]

Enemies tried to crush our land,

But we stood our ground with our flag in hand.

And we're still standing strong then before.

May America always shine as a beacon in the night.

。★。☆。★ 。

We enjoy our freedom.

Freedom is a gift from those who bravely serve and sacrifice themselves for their country.

Thanks for video, God Bless and God Bless America. ✞

[CAPTDAX]

Imagine a world without Islam...Peace

[smilezluv16]

@CAPTDAX imagine a world where the us didnt invade random countries and murder civilians then install dictators...peace

[Agentyra895]

@CAPTDAX islam the disaster of 21 century

[4n0nym0us0ne]

Rudy Giuliani is a lying TRAITOR!

[powerdoom]

My god this is so pathetic only Americans can be so stupid really :))))

[KingLeipzig]

911 was inside job

[jac5562]

FLAG THIS SHIT

[jac5562]

WHAT A FOOLISH TOOL

[jac5562]

the first reason was for the money, the second was to issue an onslaught against iran/iraq and oppositions in the mid east for something thats been going on since the 50's ,killad saddam after he was a tool for the US in generations before enforce suprression on IRAN, the US played both sides of the field arming IRAN as well

[littlestoked]

@ tobtob180 apparently we are the only thinkers here. Islam is not responsible for this, it was a faction who were angry enough with America and finally retalliated. We began bombing the middle east in the 1990's and getting involved in middle eastern affairs long before that, especially when our oil supply was jeopardized. And how did we justify it? WE SAID WE WERE SPREADING DEMOCRACY!! You people on here who think this guy is patriotic know nothing about him

[tobtob180]

scumb bag