http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031119-1.html
President Bush at Whitehall Palace: “We must shake off decades of failed policy in the Middle East. Your nation and mine, in the past, have been willing to make a bargain, to tolerate oppression for the sake of stability. Longstanding ties often led us to overlook the faults of local elites. Yet this bargain did not bring stability or make us safe. It merely bought time, while problems festered and ideologies of violence took hold.” There’s other interesting bits in here too; it’s basically a summary of why the US went to war with Iraq. (Does Bush present a logically consistent case, or are other factors (e.g. oil) involved?)