Posted on 06/02/2002 4:29:20 PM PDT by Pokey78
THE United States must be prepared to take the War on Terror to up to 60 countries if weapons of mass destruction are to be kept out of terrorists hands, President Bush said at the weekend. His impassioned speech to 1,000 graduates of West Point Military Academy in New York State on Saturday marks a watershed in the Administrations foreign policy. Mr Bush said that terrorism cells in countries that make up close to one third of the globe must be actively sought and dismantled. We must take that battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge, he said, adding that Americans must be ready for pre-emptive action when necessary to defend our liberty and to defend our lives. He said: In the world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act. The 52-minute speech also contained a series of thinly veiled attacks on countries already singled out as enemies of the US. Mr Bush did not mention any country by name, but he pointed repeatedly to non-democratic regimes that are said to sponsor terrorism. In what officials later hinted was a reference to President Saddam Husseins regime in Iraq, Mr Bush said that attempts to contain terrorist activity and anti-US sentiments within some countries would fail without direct action. (Containment) is not possible when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons on missiles or can provide them to terrorist allies, he said. The criticism of foreign countries appeared to go further than any other he has made since September 11. Some nations need military training to fight terror and we will provide it, Mr Bush said. Other nations oppose terror but tolerate the hatred that leads to terror and that must change. White House officials told The Washington Post that these comments were directed at Middle East allies such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. If the United States decides to make surprise strikes on other countries, it will mark a big change in strategy for the US military, which traditionally acts only in self-defence. The speech was billed by the White House as the first instalment of a renewed overall security framework. The framework will be expanded in a national security strategy document expected in July. Mr Bush said that Americas foreign policy would have three strands. We will defend the peace against threats from terrorists and tyrants. We will preserve the peace by building good relations among the great powers. And will we will extend the peace by encouraging free and open societies on every continent. He said that the conflict the graduates would be required to fight would differ greatly from that fought by their forefathers in Japan and Europe. Enemies in the past needed great armies and great industrial capabilities to endanger the American people and our nation, Mr Bush said. The attacks of September 11 required a few hundred thousand dollars in the hands of a few dozen evil and deluded men. All of the chaos and suffering they caused came at much less than the cost of a single tank.
Bush's new description of his foreign policy, sketched out during the graduation address at the United States Military Academy, sharply revised the positions he took as a candidate, when he emphasized the need to limit U.S. intervention to regions with immediate bearing on the nation's strategic interests.
Saturday, Bush said the nation "must uncover terror cells in 60 or more countries," or roughly one-third of the world. He renewed his months-old promise to "confront regimes that sponsor terror," even though he has found few American allies to endorse his desire to unseat Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Pentagon has told him that the military could be stretched too thin.
"We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge," Bush told the cadets, who listened on West Point's football field as their parents applauded robustly from the stands. "In the world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act."
That is a different thing than taking the War on Terror to up to 60 countries, as stated in the opening paragraph. It's deceptive.
That is a different thing than taking the War on Terror to up to 60 countries, as stated in the opening paragraph. It's deceptive.
Thank you. It's to bad that we have to research the actual facts on our own in order to cut through the BS spin the media puts on stories these days.
It's no wonder there's so many decieved people walking around with views that have no basis in reality.
It's no wonder there's so many decieved people walking around with views that have no basis in reality.
Simply because their ideas, their agenda is a terrible thing. Most normal people would recoil in horror if they were told the truth. So telling lies is second nature to these types.
At Daytona.
From another thread:
According to Yasin, Yousef made the bomb used in the attack and said he learned how to make bombs in a terrorist camp in Peshawar, Pakistan...
I'm beginning to wonder if it isn't their first nature....
World roaming assassination squads. Some innocents will be killed, sure. We've already taken our innocents killed. Move out!
50,000 daily.
Call before you come, hee, hee.
I'm goin' out to the car now.
I think you are correct. I am sure that President Bush was not suggesting that we invade 60 countries. Probably we will be targeting terrorist cells in upwards of 60 countries. In friend;y nations, like France, we will likely work with local police/armed forces. In unfriendly areas, we may resort to covert action. That may be what he meant.
Arafat Offers Cabinet Posts to Hamas
Arafat Offers Cabinet Posts to Hamas
But leave this nice guy alone!!!!!!!!!
War on terror - lol.
Homeland defense and missile defense are part of stronger security, and they're essential priorities for America. Yet the war on terror will not be won on the defensive. We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge. (Applause.) In the world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act. (Applause.)
Our security will require the best intelligence, to reveal threats hidden in caves and growing in laboratories. Our security will require modernizing domestic agencies such as the FBI, so they're prepared to act, and act quickly, against danger. Our security will require transforming the military you will lead -- a military that must be ready to strike at a moment's notice in any dark corner of the world. And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for preemptive action when necessary to defend our liberty and to defend our lives. (Applause.)
The work ahead is difficult. The choices we will face are complex. We must uncover terror cells in 60 or more countries, using every tool of finance, intelligence and law enforcement. Along with our friends and allies, we must oppose proliferation and confront regimes that sponsor terror, as each case requires. Some nations need military training to fight terror, and we'll provide it. Other nations oppose terror, but tolerate the hatred that leads to terror -- and that must change. (Applause.) We will send diplomats where they are needed, and we will send you, our soldiers, where you're needed. (Applause.)
They must think we have the memories of knats in order to try to claim we're going to go to war with 60 countries. As a matter of fact, most of these countries will require little more than a few crack sniper squads in order to wipe out the terrorists.
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