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Defining moments
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 | Helle Bering

Posted on 10/09/2001 11:53:58 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:35:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

On Sunday, the bombs finally started flying in retaliation for the terrorist attacks on the United States. What a relief. Almost a month had gone by, and some of us had started to wonder whether all this coalition building was going to become an end in itself, a grand edifice constructed by the State Department as a monument to its diplomatic skills. In the event, it was the United States and our trusty ally Great Britain who unleashed the strikes on military and terrorist targets in Afghanistan, to general applause around the world. The Bush administration warns that there may be strikes against other countries as well. After years of watching terrorists elude justice, it is grand to see a president willing to fight back. Since Sept. 11, we have watched Mr. Bush grow in stature day by day, a man who knows his destiny. If he is successful in the war against terrorism, Mr. Bush will actually be leaving a real, historic legacy when he departs the White House.


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1 posted on 10/09/2001 11:53:58 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: ALL - A Must READ!!!
I am amazed this isn't getting more reaction here. A GREAT ARTICLE!
2 posted on 10/10/2001 11:10:00 AM PDT by Solson
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"But there's plenty of daylight between Mr. Bush and his predecessor. Mr. Bush reportedly rejected out of hand the set of initial military plans presented to him by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for more limited cruise missile attacks on half a dozen terrorist camps in Afghanistan. These were plans drawn up by the Clinton administration. Laughably, the code name was "Infinite Resolve." By now, Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and their friends will have realized they picked a fight with a very different kind of man. Good for us."

I think that everyone has by now come to the same realization.

3 posted on 10/10/2001 11:22:36 AM PDT by IoCaster
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