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Bush: Hungary's struggle can inspire Iraq
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 22, 2006 02:16pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, June 22, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Fifty years after Hungary's revolt against communism, President Bush said Thursday that war-weary Iraqis can learn from this country's long and bloody struggle against tyranny. "Liberty can be delayed but it cannot be denied," the president said.
"Iraq's young democracy still faces determined enemies, people who will use violence and brutality to stop the march of freedom," Bush said in a speech concluding a quick trip to Hungary and Austria. "Defeating these enemies will require sacrifice and continued patience, the kind of patience the good people of Hungary displayed after 1956."
The White House settled on Hungary because October marks the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution in which students and workers demanded freedom from Moscow.
Twelve days later, Soviet forces brutally crushed the rebellion as Hungarians appealed in vain for America's intervention.
"They crushed the Hungarian uprising but not the Hungarian people's thirst for freedom," Bush said. |
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