100 monkeys typing.

Dance with He who Brung Ya

Circle left halfway (8)
Allemande left (8)
Dos-a-dos (8) (or: Swing partner twice)
Promenade (1/2) (8).

Then the real dancing begins

See, 9/11 changed everything. September the 11th meant that we had to deal with a person like Saddam Hussein. Of course, I was hoping it could be done diplomatically, but diplomacy failed. And so the last resort of a president is to use force, and we did. And now we're -- we're helping the Iraqis.
(firm grasp on reality, lost.)

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By the way, it was the Afghan (sic) National Army that went into Najaf and did the work there. There's a regular army being trained, there are border guards being trained, there are police being trained. That's a key part of our mission. (someone get this man an atlas)

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See, they've been emboldened before; they have caused certain nations to withdraw from coalitions as a result of their action, such action reinforcing the ability for suiciders, for example, to affect free societies. I know that; I've seen first-hand the tactics of these killers. And so therefore, I think it's very important for all of us involved in the process not to send mixed signals. (like what, voting for Kerry?)