How To Look At The War On Terror Excerpt:There is one reason — and one reason alone — that Americans have been safe for the almost two years since the September 11 attacks.
That reason is the aggressive war that President Bush and the U.S. military have waged against international terrorism and its "Axis of Evil." The war on terrorism has been fought in the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, and Baghdad instead of Washington and New York. By taking the battle to the enemy camp, by making the terrorists the hunted instead of the hunters, Mr. Bush and the U.S. military have kept Americans safe.
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The president vowed to stay the course, but noted that it is only recently that the United States has done so. "During the last few decades, the terrorists grew bolder, believing if they hit America hard, America would retreat and back down."
Perhaps Mr. Bush had in mind al Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.
Perhaps he had in mind al Qaeda's attack on U.S. troops in Somalia, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.
Perhaps he had in mind the attack on the Khobar Towers, a dormitory housing U.S. soldiers, where President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.
Perhaps he had in mind the attack on the USS Cole, when President Clinton and Al Gore backed down.
"Five years ago," Mr. Bush continued, "one of the terrorists said that an attack could make America run in less than 24 hours. They're learning something different today. The terrorists have not seen America running; they've seen America marching. They've seen the armies of liberation marching into Kabul and to Baghdad."
And they know and respect the difference.
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