That's a very clear, concise and correct answer.
Response B, 2001. Work with various willing countries and their willing people in the Middle East and around the world to defeat the terrorists in their own country. Remove dictators and replace with democracy any terrorist supporting country that refuses to cooperate ASAP. See Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for positive results with Syria, Iran and (Lebanon) to follow.
That isn't.
Let's dissect this, for the sake of clarity. When you can't speak plainly about something, like WWII, there's usually a reason.
Work with various willing countries and their willing people in the Middle East and around the world to defeat the terrorists in their own country.
Technically true, but most of the terrorists are from countries that help us with one hand, and stuff money into terrorist coffers in the other. These "willing countries" like removing terrorist threats to their own regime, though.
Often by exporting them.
Remove dictators and replace with democracy any terrorist supporting country that refuses to cooperate ASAP.
How soon is ASAP? Iran, Syria and Pakistan called, and they wanted to know.
See Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for positive results with Syria, Iran and (Lebanon) to follow.
Iraq?
Afghanistan is fast becoming the Columbia of Central Asia. The Taliban is now supervising and exporting heroin, and takes in more money than the Afghan central government.
Pakistan is one heartbeat away from becoming a radical Islamist state with tested nuclear weapons and missiles. They still support terrorism against India as a matter of state policy.
Saudi Arabia is about 50 heartbeats away from going from covert to overt Islamofascist, and their emirs bankroll every jihad, intifada and uprising there is.
Lebanon made great progress, but is now falling under the sway of Syria and Iran, who are every inch as terrorist today as they were in 2001.
Libya ditched their nuclear program, though, and that is good.
How soon is ASAP? Iran, Syria and Pakistan called, and they wanted to know.
The WOT is not over yet. As I said Iran and Syria should be dealt with ASAP. If you think that it was possible sooner, so be it. I don't.
See Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for positive results with Syria, Iran and (Lebanon) to follow. Iraq?
Iraq.
Afghanistan is fast becoming the Columbia of Central Asia. The Taliban is now supervising and exporting heroin, and takes in more money than the Afghan central government.
To say that Afghanistan is fast becoming another Colombia is to ignore that they have been that way for a long time. BTW, in Afghanistan, we have made great progress against the Taliban.
Pakistan is one heartbeat away from becoming a radical Islamist state with tested nuclear weapons and missiles. They still support terrorism against India as a matter of state policy.
Pakistan was a dangerous country before 9/11. Since then, the Pakistanis has sucessfully gone after Al Qaeda terrorists in their own country and they have successfully worked with us to dismantle the global Khan nuclear network. You are correct that they have been weak fighting against Taliban both on the Afghanistan front and on the Northern front in Kashmir, up to this point.
Saudi Arabia is about 50 heartbeats away from going from covert to overt Islamofascist, and their emirs bankroll every jihad, intifada and uprising there is.
As I said before, Saudi Arabia has been very helpful in the fight against Al Qaeda and helping us with the occupation of Iraq. But when it comes to Hamas and Hezzbollah they are still off.
Lebanon made great progress, but is now falling under the sway of Syria and Iran, who are every inch as terrorist today as they were in 2001.
Yes, Lebanon has made great progress but to say that they are now falling under the sway of Iran and Syria is to indicate that you don't realize how much more under control they were before.
The bottom line is it appears you want the WOT to have been finished yesterday. The reality is, it will take more time.
I have never seen such an expert on the Mid-east and our foreign policy. Why aren't you declaring yourself to replace Condi? Gosh, I wish the rest of us knew so much. /sarc