○  RemarksbySenatorHillaryRodhamClintontothe2005AmericanIsraelPublicAffairsCommittee(AIPAC)PolicyConference  ○

reefromoreion.andthereisnodoubtthattheseincrediblystrongbondsandvalueswillremainasthelodestarofourrelatiohipwithourdemocraticfriendandally,israel.

now,isr

aelisnotonly,however,afriendandallyforus,itisabeaconofwhatdemocracycanandshouldmean.itis,afterall,apluralisticdemocracy.itis,asmanyofusknowfrompersonalexperiences,averydynamicdemocracywithmanypointsofview,andthoseareexpreedwithgreatfrequencyandvigor.soifpeopleinthemiddleeastarenotsurewhatdemocracymea,letthemlooktoisrael,whichhasbeenandremaiatrue,faithfuldemocracy.

butweknowthatthegoal,theimportant,eentialgoalofademocratizingmiddleeastiscomplex,anditisnotwithoutrisks.afewmonthsago,iwentforthesecondtimetoiraqandkuwaitandafghanistanandpakistan,andireturnedhomewithhopefulneaboutwhatihadseenandlearned,butalsowithaseeofcautionabouthowweshouldproceed.iniraqisawfirsthandthedailychallengesconfrontingtheiraqipeople.imetwithanumberofourtroo,thebraveyoungmenandwomenwhoareonfreedom''sfrontlinesiniraq.imetwithourcivilianrepresentativesintheembayandotheragencieswhoarealsoriskingtheirlivestohelptheiraqipeople.

andimetwithrepresentativesoftheformerinterimiraqigovernmentandthenewlyelectediraqigovernment,aswellasprivateiraqicitize.

nowicameawaywithseveraloverwhelmingimpreio.first,nomatterwhatonethinksabouteventsthathaveunfoldediniraq,thereisnodoubtthattheamericanmilitaryhasperformedadmirably,withprofeionalism,andthateveryyoungmanandwomanwhowearstheuniformofourcountrydeservesoursuort,whethertheybeactiveduty,guard,orreservetroop.

youknow,itisontrilikethat--deitetheoftendangerouscircumstances,iwishicouldbringeveryoneofmycotituents--all19millionofthemandanyotherswhocouldcome--toseefirsthand.iflewfrombaghdadtofallujahinablackhawkhelicopter;metwiththemarineswhohadliberatedfallujahfromtheiurgentsandterrorists.

imetwithmanyothersofourmarinesandsoldierswhoarecommittedtotheirmiiontotrytobringfreedomtothepeopleofiraq.they,aswellasthetrooisawinkuwaitandinafghanistan,arecommittedtothisfundamentalb

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