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I believe you are mistaken - did you not see Bush41 take Clinton to task (politely) for his criticism of the current POTUS? There are plenty more examples of this Administration finally realizing that terrorists learned the wrong lesson from Beruit to the USS Cole. Here's another quote: "This violence is directed not only against our coalition, but against anyone in Iraq who stands for decency, and freedom and progress. There is more at work in these attacks than blind rage. The terrorists have a strategic goal. They want us to leave Iraq before our work is done. They want to shake the will of the civilized world. In the past, the terrorists have cited the examples of Beirut and Somalia, claiming that if you inflict harm on Americans, we will run from a challenge. In this, they are mistaken. Two years ago, I told the Congress and the country that the war on terror would be a lengthy war, a different kind of war, fought on many fronts in many places. Iraq is now the central front. Enemies of freedom are making a desperate stand there -- and there they must be defeated. This will take time and require sacrifice. Yet we will do what is necessary, we will spend what is necessary, to achieve this essential victory in the war on terror, to promote freedom and to make our own nation more secure." September 7, 2003 - President Addresses the Nation http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030907-1.html