“PROMISES MUST BE KEPT”

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000, President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors, Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise 7,000 (?) more people would possibly be alive today.

This question was raised on a Philadelphia radio call-in show. Without casting stones, it is a legitimate question.

Did it take another "Pearl Harbor" to get our attention sufficiently aroused that action became possible? Tremendous wrongs committed by one person or group should not keep us from recognizing smaller wrongs and taking corrective action against those lesser wrongs. It does seem that the previous administration had other things on its mind than stopping terrorism. We will only succeed against terrorism if we keep ourselves focused on that struggle. In the name of their god, they have declared war against all that is good and right. Shall we not fight? Let’s not forget the United States was not built upon cowards?

But some of our enemies will seek to disguise themselves as friends, only reluctant to see us take extreme actions. In any war, victory comes at the cost of extreme sacrifices and extreme efforts. Brief flare-ups of anger at the enemy accomplish little. Continued attack is needed today more than anytime in hisitory!

What Do You Think?