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Bush: "Battle of Iraq" victorious, war on terror to wage indefinitely.(Chicago Tribune)
Byline: Bob Kemper
SAN DIEGO _ Positioning himself against the backdrop of American's military might, President Bush on Thursday declared the United States had prevailed in the war on Iraq but cautioned that dangerous work in the global war on terror lies ahead.
Surrounded by thousands of sailors, Marines and pilots aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, Bush asserted that U.S. victories in Iraq and Afghanistan had helped turn the tide in the fight against al-Qaida and others responsible for the terrorist attacks against New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.
But even while he reveled in the progress of the war on terror, the president warned in his primetime address that U.S. troops would remain indefinitely in Iraq and Afghanistan as American forces pursue al-Qaida from Pakistan to the Philippines to the Horn of Africa.
"The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide," Bush said from the flight deck of the Lincoln, as the ship steamed slowly for port in San Diego after completing a record 10-month deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Bush spoke after seven U.S. soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack in the restive town of Fallujah west of Baghdad, the third clash with Iraqis there this week.
Seeking to underscore his leadership in the Iraq war and dramatize Republicans' claim on defense issues, Bush landed in a Navy jet on the carrier 30 miles out at sea as he tried to mark the end of a chapter in U.S. military conflict and refocus the nation's attention on domestic matters.
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