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We are, militarily and nationally, in a trasition phase. Even after 9/11, we do not fully appreciate the cruelty and determination of our enemies. We will learn our lesson, painfully, because the terrorists will not quit. With hard-core terrorists, it's not about psychological operations or jobs or deploying dental teams. It's about killing them. The only solution is to kill them and keep on killing them. A war of attrition.
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He's right, you know. Especially about not fully appreciating the cruelty and determination of our enemies.
I was apathetic toward politics in the 2000 election, but it was Bush's actions after 9/11 (and years studying economics) that have made me the conservative I am today. Bush didn't back down and retreat when we were attacked on 9/11. It is going to be a long, hard fight. One that will last generations, and in the short term the only way to win is to kill the terrorist, while in the long term the spread of liberal democracy and freedom across the globe will be what wins this war. And Bush knows this. Thats why we're in Afghanistan and Iraq. There will be a transition in the middle east from dictatorial regimes to free, democratically elected governments. Freedom and Liberty are not western values, they are human values. The masses want freedom, that is why we will win this war.