02-21-2003, 10:56 PM
That is an erroneous sound byte, a poor paraphrasing. Go back and watch the address he gave to Congress if you want to see what he said. I watched it and felt it had too much hyperbole in any case, I would rather have heard a very short speech:
Something along these lines.
Enter the stage.
"Good evening America. We are about to fight a new, dirty, and difficult kind of struggle, one that has not been our front door until recently, but has been going on for some decades. I need your support and patience while hunt down and destroy the criminals who attacked the WTC." (A few comments about the nature of antiterrorism, to taste.)"
"To those who perpetrated the WTC and Pentagon attacks: You know who you are. We know who most of you are, and will find out who the rest are if other nations will help us stop criminal attacks of this sort. You just killed thousands of people, mostly American, and some hundreds from countries all over the world. For those of you who did this: you can run, but you can't hide. We are coming for you. We will not stop until we have found and exterminated you. If any give you succor, they are accomplices to your crime, and shall pay the same price.
I ask all freedom loving nations of the world to assist us in tracking down and destroying those who continue to use terror as a method. If any nation aid and abet those who did this, we will pay you back in kind. In any case, if you won't help us, stay out of our way. This could get ugly before it is over."
Leave the stage.
That would have made more sense, been clearer, and gotten more cheers.
However, I am not paid to be a speechwriter. :o
Something along these lines.
Enter the stage.
"Good evening America. We are about to fight a new, dirty, and difficult kind of struggle, one that has not been our front door until recently, but has been going on for some decades. I need your support and patience while hunt down and destroy the criminals who attacked the WTC." (A few comments about the nature of antiterrorism, to taste.)"
"To those who perpetrated the WTC and Pentagon attacks: You know who you are. We know who most of you are, and will find out who the rest are if other nations will help us stop criminal attacks of this sort. You just killed thousands of people, mostly American, and some hundreds from countries all over the world. For those of you who did this: you can run, but you can't hide. We are coming for you. We will not stop until we have found and exterminated you. If any give you succor, they are accomplices to your crime, and shall pay the same price.
I ask all freedom loving nations of the world to assist us in tracking down and destroying those who continue to use terror as a method. If any nation aid and abet those who did this, we will pay you back in kind. In any case, if you won't help us, stay out of our way. This could get ugly before it is over."
Leave the stage.
That would have made more sense, been clearer, and gotten more cheers.
However, I am not paid to be a speechwriter. :o
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete