Excerpted from a speech by Majority Whip Tom DeLay delivered at
Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri When Churchill came to
Westminster, he termed our shared values and democratic
principles the "title deeds of freedom." The Iron Curtain he
warned about has been buried beneath the sands of history. But
the essence of his warning has not been diminished. New threats
to freedom will always emerge. There will always be people who
try to enslave others with the chains of evil and all-
controlling ideologies. And tyrants and terrorists will always
target America because we are the leading guardian of freedom.
Today, no one can ignore the horrible aggression in the Middle
East. A democratic government is fending off an orchestrated
onslaught of death. The State of Israel has been targeted by
groups committed to her complete elimination. And on the basis
of our shared principles and democratic values, America has an
undeniable obligation to stand squarely with our democratic ally
against those attempting to end the