But it is worth it.

AP: Bush: Pullout Would Hand Iraq to Enemies---

WASHINGTON - President Bush will say Sunday, according to excerpts of a prepared speech, that Iraq's elections signal the birth of democracy in the Middle East, arguing against a U.S. troop pullout while acknowledging the doubts of some "that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day."

The president's speech says that last week's voting for parliament will not bring an end to the violence in Iraq, where he has estimated that 30,000 civilians and more than 2,100 Americans have died. But Iraq's election, 6,000 miles away, "means that America has an ally of growing strength in the fight against terror."

The president is to speak to the nation in his first address from the Oval Office since he announced the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003. Excerpts of his remarks were released in advance.
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"It is also important for every American to understand the consequences of pulling out of Iraq before our work is done," excerpts of Bush's speech say. "We would abandon our Iraqi friends and signal to the world that America cannot be trusted to keep its word. ... We would hand Iraq over to enemies who have pledged to attack us and the global terrorist movement would be emboldened and more dangerous than ever before."

Acknowledging doubts about his strategy, Bush's speech reads, "Some look at the challenges in Iraq, and conclude that the war is lost, and not worth another dime or another day.

"I don't believe that," it says. "Our military commanders do not believe that. Our troops in the field, who bear the burden and make the sacrifice, do not believe that America has lost. And not even the terrorists believe it. We know from their own communications that they feel a tightening noose and fear the rise of a democratic Iraq."

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