Had The Decision Belonged To Senator Kerry,

I Think We May Well Have Some Kind Of Presence There Over A Period Of Time... The Level Of Activity That We See Today From A Military Standpoint, I Think, Will Clearly Decline. I Think They're In The Last Throes, If You Will, Of The Insurgency.

Instead, The Terrorists See Just What They Were Hoping For, Our Unity Gone, Our Resolve Shaken, Our Leaders Distracted. In Short, They See Weakness And Opportunity.

We've Never Made The Case, Or Argued The Case, That Somehow Osama Bin Laden Was Directly Involved In 9/11. That Evidence Has Never Been Forthcoming.

You Know, In This Business, You Don't Have Any Control Over What The Press Says And How They Portray Things. And That's Their Prerogative. But I Think Anybody Who Looks At It Objectively Has Trouble Making The Case That Somehow This Is A Bad Economy.

We're Fighting A War On Terror Because The Enemy Attacked Us First, And Hit Us Hard. ... Al Qaeda's Leadership Has Said They Have The Right To Kill Four Million Americans,... For Nearly Six Years Now, The United States Has Been Able To Defeat Their Attempts To Attack Us Here At Home. Nobody Can Guarantee That We Won't Be Hit Again.