Sunday, October 26, 2003
Donald Rumsfeld keeps at it today again in this WaPo piece. This continues the pattern of trying to keep out there, reminding everyone about the fight we're having - what it's all about, where it came from and where it's going - as well as the fact that those in charge, like Rumsfeld himself, know what they're doing and have a reason for their actions.
This one reminds us of one of the early battles in this war, the Beirut Marine barracks bombing, what lessons we took from it and what it instructs us to do today.
Take the Fight to the Terrorists (washingtonpost.com)
President Bush has made clear that the only way to win today's war is to carry the fight to the enemy and roll back the terrorist threat to civilization, "not on the fringes of its influence, but at the heart of its power." He has it right. To understand why, one might consider what happened in Beirut two decades ago...
