Bill Richardson

yesterdai we were all remind that we live in a danger and violent world __PUNCT__

the assassin of benazir bhutto is a tragedi __PUNCT__

for her famili __PUNCT__

for her countri __PUNCT__

and for peopl all over the world who love peac and freedom __PUNCT__

benazir bhutto devot her life to bring democraci to the peopl of pakistan __PUNCT__

peopl who have known far too much of tyranni and violenc and far too littl of liberti __PUNCT__

she could have chosen to live a life of comfort in exil __PUNCT__

but instead __PUNCT__ she risk her life for the thing that she believ in __PUNCT__

the principl of democraci __PUNCT__

the digniti of human be __PUNCT__

these were her ideal __PUNCT__

these ar our ideal __PUNCT__

i repres america around the world __PUNCT__

in refuge_camp __PUNCT__

in prison run by dictat __PUNCT__

in the midst of civil_war __PUNCT__

and i have learn that peopl ar often sustain and move by littl more than an unshak belief in these ideal __PUNCT__

benazir bhutto assassin were take aim at democraci __PUNCT__

thei have taken side against the global struggl for human right __PUNCT__

america itself is challeng by thi horribl tragedi __PUNCT__

a question is put befor us __PUNCT__

it is a question that is ask us everi dai __PUNCT__ with greater and greater urgenc __PUNCT__

that question is __PUNCT__ what will our nation stand for __PUNCT__ even as we mourn the death of on voic for freedom __PUNCT__

we must answer clearli and forcefulli the question of america role in a danger world __PUNCT__

we must answer __PUNCT__

for though america under bush ha lost it wai as the leader of the world __PUNCT__ billion of peopl still yearn for our basic_principl __PUNCT__ freedom __PUNCT__

equal __PUNCT__

human_digniti __PUNCT__

these ar the valu that america must stand for __PUNCT__

these ar the valu that i will fight for as presid __PUNCT__

some sai stand for such principl __PUNCT__

weaken us __PUNCT__

thei sai that we cannot fight evil without sacrif our core_belief __PUNCT__

thei ar wrong __PUNCT__

if we have learn anyth over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ it is that when america fail to live up to it own ideal __PUNCT__ we ar weaker __PUNCT__ not stronger __PUNCT__ as a result __PUNCT__

when we live our democrat_principl __PUNCT__ as we have in the past __PUNCT__ we ar stronger __PUNCT__

we ar stronger at home __PUNCT__

we ar stronger abroad __PUNCT__

and our strength make us safer __PUNCT__

but histori ha taught us that we ar onli as strong as our leader ar will to be when face with the polit of expedi __PUNCT__ when thei choos power over principl __PUNCT__ tyranni over freedom __PUNCT__

i pledg to you todai __PUNCT__ with all my be and with all my resolv i will never compromis our nation or show weak in the face of tyranni __PUNCT__

america must alwai lead in the name of freedom and we should never allow our nation to perpetu dictatorship or provid support to tyrant to oppress their peopl __PUNCT__

these polici not onli betrai our valu __PUNCT__ thei make us weaker and less safe __PUNCT__ turn whole popul against us __PUNCT__

we ar at our strongest when we stand for principl over power __PUNCT__

yesterdai __PUNCT__ i call for presid musharraf to step down __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ as a nation i am call on the administr to stand firm for our ideal in the face of terror and in respect for the ideal bhutto stood for __PUNCT__

anyth less would send a danger signal to the world that terror alter our resolv __PUNCT__

we must learn that when our polici and our action conflict with the democrat goal of a nation __PUNCT__ of their own peopl __PUNCT__ we fail __PUNCT__

the world look to america for leadership __PUNCT__

but the bush_administr ha fail to build a foreign_polici worthi of our ideal __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ bush ha given us guantanamo __PUNCT__ abu_ghraib __PUNCT__ secret_prison __PUNCT__ wiretap __PUNCT__ and tortur __PUNCT__

our moral leadership around the world ha been tarnish __PUNCT__

and make no mistak __PUNCT__ thi administr is lose the war on terror __PUNCT__

yesterdai assassin tell us thi __PUNCT__

the resurg of al_qaeda and the taliban __PUNCT__ especi along the pakistan __PUNCT__ afghanistan border __PUNCT__ tell us thi __PUNCT__

our continu presenc in iraq tell us thi __PUNCT__

bush foreign_polici ha fail __PUNCT__

but not for lack of opportun to make it better __PUNCT__

when musharraf declar martial_law __PUNCT__ we could have stood up __PUNCT__

but we did not __PUNCT__

when he suspend the constitut __PUNCT__ we could have stood up __PUNCT__

but we did not __PUNCT__

now after yesterdai terribl murder __PUNCT__

the unit_state must stand up __PUNCT__

presid_bush should immedi suspend non __PUNCT__ terror relat militari_aid to pakistan until presid musharraf resign __PUNCT__

not on penni more __PUNCT__ until musharraf is gone and the rule of law is restor __PUNCT__

month_ago __PUNCT__ when the constitut crisi erupt __PUNCT__

i said that we must stand with the pakistani peopl __PUNCT__

that we must us our militari_aid as leverag to forc elect __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ bush chose to continu to support the dictat __PUNCT__ and the terror went on unab __PUNCT__

pakistan is a state with nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ and our current polici ar push it in the wrong_direct __PUNCT__

we have subsid oppress for too long __PUNCT__ and the cost have not onli been paid in dollar __PUNCT__

we have paid with our secur __PUNCT__

we have paid with the safeti of american_live __PUNCT__

some of my democrat_oppon have misplac faith in musharraf __PUNCT__

like the bush_administr __PUNCT__ thei cling to a misguid notion that musharraf can be trust as an alli to fight_terror or to chang hi despot wai __PUNCT__

despit their faith __PUNCT__ musharraf ha thumb hi nose at america again and again __PUNCT__

how mani time doe the washington convent_wisdom need to be proven tragic wrong __PUNCT__ befor washington insid give up on it __PUNCT__ musharraf must step asid now __PUNCT__ and allow a technocrat caretak govern to lead the countri until free and fair elect ar held __PUNCT__

and those elect should be held veri soon __PUNCT__

some sai there ar risk to musharraf step down __PUNCT__

but the risk ar greater if he doe not __PUNCT__

hi inadequ attempt to disrupt terrorist_activ on pakistan border with afghanistan __PUNCT__

have onli encourag tribal leader to cooper with the taliban __PUNCT__

inde __PUNCT__ the border area ha been turn into a safe_haven for terrorist __PUNCT__

and though some stoke the fear of an islamist takeov of pakistan __PUNCT__

the realiti is that the vast_major of pakistani will vote for the mainstream democrat_parti __PUNCT__ as thei alwai have in the past __PUNCT__

current __PUNCT__ poll_show that onli fifteen percent of pakistani would vote for the islamist parti __PUNCT__

but if we continu to support tyranni in pakistan __PUNCT__ that number will onli grow __PUNCT__ a lesson brought_home to us all too painfulli by yesterdai violenc __PUNCT__

musharraf narrow polit_base plai into the hand of the taliban and al_qaeda __PUNCT__

onli a broadli __PUNCT__ base __PUNCT__ democrat __PUNCT__ elect_govern will be abl to wage what musharraf promis __PUNCT__ but did not deliv __PUNCT__ an effect war against al_qaeda and the taliban __PUNCT__

presid_bush face a choic with pakistan __PUNCT__ he need to choos whether to support the dictat or the pakistani peopl __PUNCT__

he chose the dictat __PUNCT__

repeatedli __PUNCT__

and by do so __PUNCT__ he ha let down both the american and the pakistani peopl __PUNCT__

we cannot afford anoth presid who is a foreign_polici novic __PUNCT__

we cannot afford anoth presid who take the easiest path __PUNCT__ rather than the right path __PUNCT__

a presid who make wrong choic __PUNCT__ becaus he doesn't know how to make the hard but right choic __PUNCT__

the next presid must be a leader who ha been test __PUNCT__

in the cours of thi campaign __PUNCT__ all the candid were ask whether there were time when we should put human right befor our secur __PUNCT__

that question is a symptom of the think that is lead us astrai __PUNCT__

it is a fals_choic __PUNCT__

our principl ar the backbon of our secur __PUNCT__

thei give us direct __PUNCT__

thei bring us alli __PUNCT__

thei make us strong __PUNCT__

some of us have alwai known that __PUNCT__

nearli ten_year_ago __PUNCT__ al_qaeda first attack america in east africa __PUNCT__

month befor that attack __PUNCT__ i went to afghanistan to press the taliban to hand over osama_bin_laden __PUNCT__

thei refus __PUNCT__

so we impos tough un sanction on them __PUNCT__ and began build a coalit to keep america safe __PUNCT__

after my trip to afghanistan __PUNCT__ bin laden put out a threat on my life __PUNCT__ but i knew that we were do the right thing __PUNCT__

unfortun __PUNCT__ presid_bush revers cours __PUNCT__

until __NUM__ __PUNCT__ he ignor the mani expert who warn him that al_qaeda wa plan to attack us at home __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ after the afghanistan campaign __PUNCT__ he took hi ey off the ball again __PUNCT__

he squander our resourc and intern support by conduct a disastr war of choic in iraq __PUNCT__

becaus of hi inexperi __PUNCT__ he listen to the ideologu __PUNCT__

that war ha divert critic intellig and militari resourc from the fight against al qaeda and terror __PUNCT__

we let up the pressur and al qaeda recov __PUNCT__

so the result todai is an al qaeda which is more diffus and more deadli than ever __PUNCT__

our intellig_servic sai it is headquart in pakistan __PUNCT__ along the afghanistan border __PUNCT__ and that it is plan and train to attack america at home again __PUNCT__

we need to address the threat of intern_terror with the focu it deserv __PUNCT__

the war against al_qaeda is a tough militari fight __PUNCT__ but that it is more than just a militari fight __PUNCT__

it is also a fight for the heart and mind of the world muslim __PUNCT__

and bush botch occup of iraq ha plai right into the hand of the jihadist __PUNCT__ bolster their propaganda that the us want to kill muslim __PUNCT__ and that we invad_iraq so that we could control the muslim_world world_oil __PUNCT__

never ha america been as unpopular as it is todai __PUNCT__

in iraq __PUNCT__ and in mani other muslim_countri __PUNCT__ poll_show that our credibl ha plummet __PUNCT__

as a direct_result of the presid poor choic __PUNCT__ larg_major of muslim now sai thei distrust america __PUNCT__

such sentiment facilit jihadist recruit and boost their popular_support __PUNCT__

and to hear the republican_candid for presid __PUNCT__

thei would continu thi nation on a truli danger path __PUNCT__

thei fail to recogn that the endur power rest not just in our militari strength __PUNCT__ but in our ideal __PUNCT__

we must win the war of idea with al_qaeda __PUNCT__

the peopl of the world will embrac us if we return to an american_foreign_polici base not onli upon our power __PUNCT__ but also upon our valu __PUNCT__

i will close guantanamo and all secret_prison __PUNCT__

we will again honor the geneva_convent and we will requir other nation to honor the treati in protect our soldier __PUNCT__

when i am presid __PUNCT__ i will put an end to tortur __PUNCT__

and there will be investig __PUNCT__

we will find out who wa respons for the tortur that america ha engag in __PUNCT__ and thei will be prosecut __PUNCT__

no on will be abov the law __PUNCT__

no on __PUNCT__

we will lead the world onc again as a champion of democraci and human right __PUNCT__

we will care about place like darfur __PUNCT__

we will lead the peopl of the world to stop the genocid there __PUNCT__

we will not turn a blind_ey to human_suffer __PUNCT__

we will again lead the fight against diseas and poverti across the planet __PUNCT__

america is better than the bush __PUNCT__ chenei administr __PUNCT__

to win the war against al_qaeda __PUNCT__

we must return to our proud tradit __PUNCT__

to defeat al qaeda __PUNCT__ we must get our troop out of iraq and reinforc our presenc along the afghanistan __PUNCT__ pakistan border __PUNCT__

we must enhanc our commit __PUNCT__ militari __PUNCT__ polit and econom __PUNCT__ to afghanistan __PUNCT__

to final defeat the murder who attack thi countri on __NUM__ __PUNCT__

defeat the resurg taliban will requir a signific increas in nato_forc along the afghanistan __PUNCT__ pakistan border __PUNCT__

and that will requir restor american credibl and skill american leadership __PUNCT__

american deserv to know todai __PUNCT__

what the candid __PUNCT__ plan ar __PUNCT__ not the dai on of us is inaugur __PUNCT__

i have been clear __PUNCT__

i believ our obsess with iraq undermin our abil to fight the real terrorist __PUNCT__

we must get all our troop out of iraq and as quickli and respons as possibl __PUNCT__

onli then __PUNCT__ will we have the resourc and credibl to destroi the organ that attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__

i have also been more specif than my colleagu about afghanistan __PUNCT__

i am call for five addit brigad to be deploi to afghanistan __PUNCT__

that __NUM___troop __PUNCT__

two brigad should be sent to the border to stop terrorist from infiltr afghanistan through the pakistani border __PUNCT__

i would send two brigad to the south to fight a resurg taliban there __PUNCT__

and on brigad should redeploi to the west to deter iran from ani thought of expansion __PUNCT__

we also need a civilian surg in war against terror __PUNCT__

the militari cannot and should not shoulder the entir burden of our foreign_polici __PUNCT__ the whole govern must pitch in __PUNCT__

that mean activ engin __PUNCT__ diplomat __PUNCT__ and other essenti profession to contribut to the broader effort __PUNCT__

we cannot win the war against al_qaeda alon __PUNCT__

it is urgent that we rebuild our allianc __PUNCT__ so that we can onc again lead other nation __PUNCT__

trust is critic to get alli to work with us in the secret world of counter terror and in the open world of public diplomaci __PUNCT__

thi administr ha driven awai our alli with swagger and saber rattl __PUNCT__

i will rebuild our allianc by make common caus with partner who share our valu and interest __PUNCT__

the peopl of the world ar thirsti for america to onc again stand for the great ideal of human_histori __PUNCT__

american want our global leadership to be worthi of the principl __PUNCT__ valu __PUNCT__ and tradit we have inherit __PUNCT__

our peopl do not lack the courag to stand for a foreign_polici that is both strong and decent __PUNCT__

what the american_peopl ar miss __PUNCT__

what our countri doe desper need __PUNCT__ is a leader who ha been test __PUNCT__

a presid who ha been there __PUNCT__ and who know what the real choic ar and how to make them __PUNCT__

a presid who ha the experi to lead in danger time __PUNCT__

we need a presid who recogn that thi is not the time for consult and polit_calcul __PUNCT__

a presid cannot decid what is right by take a poll __PUNCT__

we need someon who is true to america optimist spirit __PUNCT__

anger __PUNCT__ bicker __PUNCT__ mistrust __PUNCT__

should not defin our nation __PUNCT__

we need to stand unit onc again __PUNCT__ clear about who we ar and what we need to do to meet the seriou challeng we face __PUNCT__

and so todai __PUNCT__ in the wake of tragedi __PUNCT__ i see hope __PUNCT__

i see a new wai forward for american leadership in the world __PUNCT__

and i offer not perfect __PUNCT__ not some set of consult __PUNCT__ driven sound_bite __PUNCT__

i offer authent leadership __PUNCT__

i have been test __PUNCT__

i have repres america all over the world __PUNCT__

i have deliv for my countri __PUNCT__ from bring hostag home to negoti ceasefir to protect us from nuclear terror __PUNCT__

the american_peopl should not settl for untest leadership __PUNCT__

and i will not settl for global leadership unworthi of the american peopl __PUNCT__

in negoti with the worst the world ha to offer __PUNCT__ i have come to understand what is best in human __PUNCT__

and todai __PUNCT__ i ask you to join my fight for what best about america __PUNCT__ and what best about our world __PUNCT__

i ask you to stand for me at the caucus __PUNCT__

i ask you to stand for a new foreign_polici and for someon with the experi to make it happen __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__