FRANKS WOWS NADA AUDIENCE

Gen. Franks commands attention.

February 2, 2004—Retired army general Tommy Franks told NADA attendees, “We have never been better served by the people that make up the armed forces than today.” He called recent U.S. military efforts “spectacular.”

After having led the war in Afghanistan and serving as a senior adviser to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the war in Iraq, Franks said he thinks both operations have been vital to the continuing freedom of the people of the U.S. and the free world.

Franks says that in response to those who question the strategy and the cost of lives in both of the ongoing military efforts as being worthwhile, “If the numbers are 500 or 5,000 or 50,000, as long as we seek liberty, freedom, and all we hold dear, the price we pay to secure it is simply the price we must pay.”

The general urged the dealers to educate themselves about the issues and the people who seek office. And to remember “how you felt” after 9/11 and what you want in the future. “We know what happened in the 225 years prior to that day; what we need to know is what we want the next 225 years to look like.”

Of his retirement after 38 years of military service, Franks said, “Within 90 days of leaving the service I found out you have to sit in the front seat of a car to go someplace. And I found out that I can still jump on a jet aircraft and go anyplace in the world, but now I have to pay.”

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