If President Bush Spoke Ebonics Speech

Grouch

My fellow citizens, events in Iraq gots' now reached da damn final days uh decision. 'S coo', bro. Fo' mo'e dan some decade, de United States and oda' nashuns gots' pursued patient and hono'able effo'ts t'disarm de Iraqi regime widout war. Ah be baaad... Dat regime pledged t'reveal and destroy all uh its weapons uh mass destrucshun as some condishun fo' endin' de Persian Gulf War in 1991.

Since den, de wo'ld gots'ta engaged in 12 years uh diplomacy. Slap mah fro! We gots' passed mo'e dan some dozen resolushuns in de United Nashuns Security Council. We gots' sent hundreds uh weapons inspecto's t'oversee da damn disarmament uh Iraq. Ah be baaad... Our baaaad faid gots'ta not been returned. De Iraqi regime gots'ta used diplomacy as some ploy t'gain time and advantage. What it is, Mama! It gots'ta unifo'mly defied Security Council resolushuns demandin' full disarmament.

Ova' de years, U.N. weapons inspecto's gots' been dreatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged and systematically deceived. Peaceful effo'ts t'disarm de Iraq regime gots' failed again and again cuz' we aint dealin' wid peaceful men. 'S coo', bro. Intelligence gadered by dis and oda' guv'ments leaves no doubt dat da damn Iraq regime continues t'possess and conceal some uh de most ledal weapons eva' devised. Dis regime gots'ta already used weapons uh mass destrucshun against Iraqs neighbo's and against Iraqs sucka's.

De regime gots'ta some histo'y uh reckless aggression in de Middle East. It gots'ta some deep hatred uh America and our homeys and it gots'ta aided, trained and harbo'ed terro'ists, includin' opuh'tives uh al Qaeda. Sheeeiit.

De danga' is clear, dig dis: Usin' chemical, biological o', one day, nuclear weapons obtained wid de help uh Iraq, de terro'ists could fulfill deir stated ambishuns and kill dousands o' hundreds uh dousands uh innocent sucka's in our country o' any oder. Ah be baaad... De United States and oda' nashuns dun did nodin' t'deserve o' invite dis dreat, but we gots'ta do everydin' t'defeat it. Instead uh driftin' along toward tragedy, we gots'ta set some course toward safety. Slap mah fro!

Befo'e da damn day uh ho'ro' kin come, befo'e it be too late t'act, dis danga' gots'ta be removed. De United States uh America gots'ta de sovereign audo'ity t'use fo'ce in assurin' its own nashunal security. Slap mah fro! Dat duty falls t'me as commander-in-chief by de oad ah' gots' swo'n, by de oad ah' gots'ta keep.

Recognizin' de dreat t'our country, de United States Congress voted overwhelmin'ly last year t'sdownpo't da damn use uh fo'ce against Iraq. Ah be baaad...

America tried t'wo'k wid de United Nashuns t'address dis dreat cuz' we wants'ed t'resolve da damn issue peacefully. Slap mah fro! We recon' in de mission uh de United Nashuns.

One reason de U.N. wuz founded afta' de Second Wo'ld War wuz t'confront aggressive dictato's actively and early, befo'e dey kin attack de innocent and destroy de peace. What it is, Mama!

In de case uh Iraq, de Security Council dun did act in de early 1990s. Unda' Resolushuns 678 and 687, bod still in effect, de United States and our allies are audo'ized t'use fo'ce in riddin' Iraq uh weapons uh mass destrucshun.

Dis be not some quesshun uh audo'ity, it be a quesshun uh will. Last September, ah' went t'de U.N. General Assembly and urged da damn nashuns uh de wo'ld t'unite and brin' an end t'dis danger. Ah be baaad... On Novemba' 8d, de Security Council unanimously passed Resolushun 1441, findin' Iraq in material breach uh its obligashuns and vowin' serious consequences if Iraq dun did not fully and immediately disarm. 'S coo', bro.

Today, no nashun kin possibly claim dat Iraq gots'ta disarmed. And it gots'ta not disarm so's long as Saddam Hussein holds power. Ah be baaad...

Fo' de last foe and some half monds, de United States and our allies gots' wo'ked widin de Security Council t'enfo'ce dat councils long-standin' demands. Yet some puh'manent members uh de Security Council gots' publicly announced dat dey gots'ta veto any resolushun dat compels de disarmament uh Iraq. Ah be baaad... Dese guv'ments share our assessment uh de danger, but not our resolve t'meet it.

Many nashuns, however, do gots' de resolve and fo'titude t'act against dis dreat t'peace, and some broad coalishun be now gaderin' t'enfo'ce da damn plum demands uh de wo'ld. De United Nashuns Security Council gots'ta not lived down t'its responsibilities, so's we gots'ta rise t'ours.

In recent days, some guv'ments in de Middle East gots' been doin' deir part. Dey gots' delivered public and private messages urgin' de dictato' t'leave Iraq so's dat disarmament kin proceed peacefully. Slap mah fro! He gots'ta dus far refused.

All de decades uh deceit and cruelty gots' now reached an end. Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq widin 48 hours. Deir refusal t'do so's gots'ta result in military conflict commenced at some time uh our choosin'. Fo' deir own safety, all fo'eign nashunals, includin' journalists and inspecto's, should leave Iraq immediately. Slap mah fro!

Many Iraqis kin hear me tonight in some translated transista' broadcast, and ah' gots' some message fo' dem, dig dis: If we must begin some military campaign, it gots'ta be directed against da damn lawless dudes who rule yo' country and not against ya'. As our coalishun snatch'd away deir power, we gots'ta deliva' de food and medicine ya' need. We gots'ta tear waaay down de apparatus uh terro' and we gots'ta help ya' t'build some new Iraq dat be prospuh'ous and free. What it is, Mama!

In free Iraq dere gots'ta be no mo'e wars uh aggression against yo' neighbo's, no mo'e poison facto'ies, no mo'e 'esecushuns uh dissidents, no mo'e to'ture chambers and rape rooms. De tyrant gots'ta soon be gone. What it is, Mama! De day uh yo' liberashun be near. Ah be baaad...

It be too late fo' Saddam Hussein t'remain in power. Ah be baaad... It be not too late fo' de Iraq military t'act wid hono' and protect yo' country, by puh'mittin' de peaceful entry uh coalishun fo'ces t'eliminate weapons uh mass destrucshun. Our fo'ces gots'ta give Iraqi military units clear instrucshuns on acshuns dey kin snatch t'avoid bein' attack and destroyed.

I urge every memba' of de Iraqi military and intelligence services, dig dis: If war comes, do not fight fo' some dyin' regime dat be not wo'd yo' own life. What it is, Mama!

And all Iraqi military and civilian sucka'nel should listen carefully t'dis warnin': In any conflict, yo' fate gots'ta depend on yo' acshuns. Do not destroy oil sheeits, some source uh weald dat belongs t'de Iraqi sucka's. Do not obey any command t'use weapons uh mass destrucshun against anyone, includin' de Iraqi sucka's. War crimes gots'ta be prosecuted, war criminals gots'ta be punished and it gots'ta be no defense t'say, I wuz plum followin' o'ders.