despicable acts of terror. the world before 9/11 looks different than the world after 9/11. every nation has a choice to make. in this conflict, there is no neutral ground. the facts show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction. in this battle against terrorism, there is no silver bullet. today, america is again forging its future by choosing a man to lead it into the 21st century. this is cnn s coverage of election 2000. this is the last official stop of campaign 2000. [ cheers and applause ] if people do what i think they re gonna do, you re looking at the next president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] the schedule over the last 48 hours reflected a major worry florida, home of governor jeb bush. and when he looked me in the eye and said, florida s gonna be bush/cheney country, i believe him. in texas, george w. bush was known as a bipartisan governor. at the time, the s
all the air defenses are opening up all around me, at the moment. a massive shock-blast just coming through our windows. i m going to have to take cover. - the invasion and the toppling of saddam was really quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. - we see that coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaiti border, and from there they moved through najaf, karbala, and kut, and now into baghdad. it s taken 22 days of war for the coalition to get this far. - i was privileged to command the 101st airborne division. we liberated the first major city, uh, in iraq, najaf. then karbala and hillah, then moved into baghdad. - the man who ruled here so brutally and absolutely for almost 25 years has vanished. - closer we got, the more they knew saddam was finished, and they were glad to show it. - the troops were very welcome. shiites and people who who hated saddam were joyful, running through the streets. you had the iconic image of the big statue
massive shock blast just coming through our windows. i m going to have to take cover. the invasion and the toppling of saddam was really quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. we see the coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaiti border. from there they moved through karbala and into baghdad. it s taken 22 days of war for the coalition to get this far. i was privileged to command the 101st airborne division. we liberated the first major city in iraq, najeh, then karbala and moved into baghdad. the man who ruled here so brutally and absolutely for almost 25 years has vanished. the closer we got, the more they knew saddam was finished, and they were glad to show it. the troops were very welcome. shiites and people who hated saddam were joyful, running through the streets. you had the iconic image of the big statue of saddam hussein being pulled over with some help
the u.s. war to disarm iraq and oust saddam hussein intensified dramatically today as the air campaign began with massive bombing raids on baghdad and elsewhere. the rest of the world saw this as a war of aggression. my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. it s getting much, much closer. all the air defenses are opening up around me at the moment. massive shock blast just coming through our windows. i m going to have to take cover. the invasion and the toppling of saddam was really quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. we see the coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaiti border. and now into baghdad, it s taken 22 days of war for the coalition to get this far.
thought that what we were doing might have consequences we couldn t imagine. the u.s. war to disarm iraq and oust saddam hussein sbepsifisbeps i intensified dramatically today as the air campaign began on baghdad and elsewhere. the rest of the world saw this as a war of aggression. my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. it s getting much, much closer. all the air defenses are opening up around me at the moment. massive shock below, coming through our windows. i am going to have to take cover. the invasion and the toppling of saddam was quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. we see the coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaiti border.