[Samwise]

All humanity is of one Author, and is one volume; when one dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God’s hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another.

-- JOHN DONNE (1572–1631)

[Fawnn]

I'm sure you'll each come to your own conclusions about how the War on Terrorism was handled before 9/11/2003. However, for those who want to learn more about how the previous administration handled it, this thread is an National Review interview of Richard Miniter, author of Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror. The interview sure makes me want to read the book!