From Deseret News:

The U.S. military will be the ultimate victor in the war on terror, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Monday at a program honoring veterans.

“I just returned from the Middle East,” Shurtleff, also a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, said at the Memorial Day program at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy. “You hear our enemy say they’re going to win ultimately because they love death and Americans fear death. But American soldiers will win, not because they love death, but because they love freedom more. They love the liberties we enjoy, the prosperous and truly benevolent society these liberties provide.”

Shurtleff, who formerly worked as a Navy JAG prosecutor, quoted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, U.S. Gen. George S. Patton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shurtleff talked about his support of Israel, which he described as “an island of democracy in the Middle East.”

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