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Quote by: Zealot
One of the mistakes our enimies have made - and one of the reasons I wish our enimies would study American history to disabuse themselves of some grotesque errors- is their belief that we are squeamish about defending freedom and about the violence of war.
They persist in the assumption that we are casualty averse. Osama Bin Laden said as much after the Somalia debacle when President Clinton, after suffering some casualties, immediately withdrew American forces.
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"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy