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How can the United States be outraged when nothing is done to prevent September 11, yet even more unwilling to accept the War on Terror when it is entirely to prevent such an event from ever happening again?  How can so many oppose the war when the war is so fundamentally vital to the very existence of America?  We will send a very clear message to the world on the day we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan: “America is unwilling to protect itself.”  That is the message we will inevitably send, but with far more implications.  It will communicate bluntly that if you slaughter our people, we will not retaliate.

This is not a war on Iraq, people!  Too often people call it that!  This is a war on terrorism, and no, that is not an absurd idea as so many have made it out to be.  There is no other possible name for this war.  This is not a war on any given country, in fact this war includes campaigns to rebuild countries.

And this is certainly not a war on Islamics, or a war on Muslims!  Any rational citizen understands that the religion is not responsible, and that in fact it is the extremists who pose a problem.

“War on Terror” tells the world that we want to stamp out those responsible for our nation’s current state of insecurity, while “War on Iraq” tells the world that we are attacking an extremely disadvantaged country with no provocation.  Indeed, it labels the U.S. a dictatorship, when in fact the opposite is true: we are setting up DEMOCRACY!

This is not a war that is won by bloodshed, although unfortunately that has and will continue to occur along our path.  This war will be won when all of the governments supporting terrorism are transformed into freedom-loving countries, as great as America but with a very different culture.  And in order for this war to be successful, we must not back down, and most importantly we must be patient.

This war has the potential to do great things to the world.  It can be a disastrous war which ultimately leads to WWIII, or it can be a slow but effective war which brings peace to countries long overdue for it.  The latter can be achieved by continuing the course set by George W. Bush, while the former will be achieved by withdrawal of troops, be it immediate or otherwise.

Give it time, America.

Good Reading by the greatest Author to date, Orson Scott Card.