Why We Fight (12 of 48)

Why We Fight

ANH DUONG: When the Pentagon called, my position then was the head of what we call the payload team.
A bomb...
It 's...
It 's the nomenclature for...
for "bomb." I find it sometimes amusing when people ask me, "What do you work in?"
And I would say, "Explosives." And they would...
But our mission was to quickly weaponize what was called a Penetrator.
It basically was a big bomb engineered to enhance its blast effect inside confined structures such as tunnels, caves, etcetera.
MAN: We're going to attack somebody.

We're gonna bomb some place.
There's no question about that.
The question is, where are we gonna do it and why?
Do you think that after an adversary gets nuclear weapons is a better time to engage that adversary than now without?
PRESIDENT BUSH JR: Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror.
This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world.
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is, to a very considerable extent, about repositioning the United States as the country that must be obeyed.
DYER: It's an easy way to send a signal to the planet that the United States is in charge, and it's going to do what it wants.
And anybody who defies the United States will be punished.