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The analysis of balance... you may have one, or the other, but not both! The problem with this analysis is that nuclear proliferation and terrorism are two fronts the United States will not surrender, under any circumstances. Trading one for the other is not pragmatic, it’s absurd. Both fronts will be fought and won. This is a war for the future that the free world will not lose.
It is simultaneously pathetic and pragmatic that the U.S. is shouldering the blame for championing these two causes. Blame and credit are two sides of the same coin. Yes, it is the Americans who are weaving a safer world for all of its inhabitants out of the ashes of dictatorship, corruption and violence. What is pathetic is that some Americans, in their humility, are quick to apologize for their clarity of mission and their unwillingness to surrender one righteous cause for another.
Let me state for the record: Americans have more faith and greater strength of will than even the most fanatical of Americas enemies. The commitment of a suicide bomber is less than citizens of the United States because we are willing to live for our cause, and live with the consequences of our countrymen’s decisions. Americans will improve in life while our enemies rush to die. Dieing is easy! Life is hard.
It is destiny that Gul be wrong, therefore he is wrong. This is my American faith in the American cause! We will fight terrorism, we will fight nuclear proliferation and our friends and enemies will be revealed. I for one, will not apologize.
1. Faith is a function of belief. --- 2. Belief is a function of knowledge. --- 3. Knowledge is a function of experience.
By sharing my faith with you, I’m implicitly offering my knowledge and experience as well. Please, by all means, challenge my faith. The free exchange of ideas has made the United States strong and made American citizens the engine of America’s future. For here, bold people with unyielding faith define the future. When a person realizes the power of faith in life, they invariably engage in life. Men and women who express their faith in afterlife, through suicide, have missed God’s point! We were gifted with life on earth, to live as free men and women. This is not an American concept. It is the most important concept God gave to mankind. If there ever was a moment in the history of the world to be bold, now is that time.