[Txsleuth]

BTW...granddaughter with TV...so will be following the thread.

[Miss Marple]

Oh, you are in the same shape I was yesterday. I will try to take good notes.

Right now, the President is talking about the military and appreciating them, regardless of how you feel about the war. Commending West Virginia on the number of servicepeople they have contributed.

[Miss Marple]

The enemy, a group of killers, struck us on Sept. 11. I knew that the farther we got from that date there would be more who would forget the lessons of that day. One of my jobs is to remind people of those lessons. The first lesson is that oceans can't protect us. Points out that when he was growing up no one worried about wars overseas.

We have to take their declaration of war seriously. My most important responsibility is to protect the nation and I haven't forgotten that.

[Danae]

He is reminding us that it is the job of government to make it possible for us to go on with our lives even though we have been attacked. That we are in a war. That they started it. That his job is to protect us and he never forgets it.

"Best way to defend America is to be on the offense." "Find them where they hide" Youcan not negotiate with these guys."

[Miss Marple]

Second lesson is to marshal all the forces of the US and keep the pressure on and never relent. Therre are some unbelievable brave troops and intelligence officers on the job 24/7 keeping them on the run. The enemy isn't a nation state, and they need safe haven. They need places to plan and plot. Found that in Afghanistan, which supported their point of view.

Description of the Taliban now.