April 9th, 2006
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| “The enemy we face may be the most brutal in our history,” Rumsfeld said. “They currently lack only the means — not the desire — to kill, murder millions of innocent people with weapons vastly more powerful than boarding passes and box cutters,” he added, referring to the terrorists who hijacked the airliners on Sept. 11. |
| Rumsfeld said progress is being made in the global war on terror, particularly in making it more difficult for the terrorist groups to recruit, train, raise money, establish sanctuaries and acquire weapons. But he stressed that more needs to be done. |
| “The strategy must do a great deal more to reduce the lure of the extremist ideology by standing with those moderate Muslims advocating peaceful change, freedom and tolerance,” he said. |
| Rumsfeld noted that among the more than 300 war college students in his audience were an Afghan military officer and one from Iraq. |
| “We welcome you and are proud to stand with you in the cause of freedom,” the defense secretary said. |
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Then there have been a large ration of war comic books devoured for years by the young and simple-minded. They have been generally violent, bloody, and concerned with the militant destruction of “Commies,” “Reds,” “Nazis,” and all the other “bad guys” who threaten the “good guys” on our side. The images and attitudes created by the steady diet of this form of entertainment and the resulting beliefs formed in the immature minds of young generations are hard to define. The influence has probably been considerable.
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Militarism, USA,
by Colonel James A. Donovan
Softcover, 1970. pg. 197.
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Posted in The War Years | By Willie Buck Merle
