They hit American citizens abroad, representatives of the U.S. government in these embassies. People that are out there trying to do their best on behalf of America and they just blew them up and they blew up hundreds of Kenyans that had nothing to do with it at all. No, I think we will always have the edge because we're stronger and smarter and have the weapons to deal with this. But what we have to do here is to exert our will and make clear when the United States is attacked, when our people are taken out, we will stand out unilaterally in self-defense and really let the world know what we believe in. Dr. Madeleine Albright, the US Secretary of State.
Freedom is very expensive in terms of human commitment, in terms of human participation.
But this nation is unlike any nation in the history of the world, and it is imperative that we join together to fight the forces of terrorism while at the same time fighting with all our heart and soul to defend freedom that we hold so dear. Thank you for leading the way. Our target was terror. Our mission was clear. To strike at the network of radical groups affiliated with and funded by Osama bin Laden, perhaps the preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today.