Life with the threat of terrorism is the "new normal". We all know that terrorism is not new. What is new, for us average Joe's and Jane's, is the realization that the Muslim terrorists hate us as much as they do and that they are bringing their hatred and destruction to our front door.
This will be a long fight as there are many, many brainwashed jihad warriors. As we now know they are already brainwashing the next generation. This may be the "new normal" for the rest of our lifetimes. That does not mean that we will not win this war. I believe we will. We will have more attacks, and more losses. More deaths and more memorials. But, we will not lose. American and Americans are stronger than that.
We are also raising another generation of Americans, don't forget that. We must raise them to be strong, brave and free. To know what it means to be an American. To understand what our Constitution means. To know the value of freedom and to realize what destruction fanaticism brings; not only to our soil but to the people who live under the rule of fanaticism. Our hope is in our strength and our love of freedom; and in our children and how they are raised and what they are taught. That is our new normal.