Bush: " We are standing up, and the sacrifice is worth it."

db: The following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush on the War of Terror - speaking at the FBI academy in Virginia. Link to transcript

In an interview with the BBC's World Tonight, Robin Cook criticised the president's strategy, saying that instead of isolating the terrorists, he had upset Muslim societies around the world.


"Everybody would fully sign up to the most vigorous police reaction to make sure that we do pursue those responsible for atrocities such as happened in London," Mr Cook said.

"I think the problem with George Bush's approach is that he does keep talking about it as a war on terror as if there is a military solution and there isn't."***

Clearly, Robin Cook - a well known British lefty - is unlikely to ever endorse the efforts of George - no matter how successful. Read the transcript above and judge for yourself whether we are on the right track. Or whether all this 'sacrifice' is making us ill.

*** In late November 2002, a retired US Army general, William Odom, told C-SPAN viewers: "Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a tactic. It's about as sensible to say we declare war on night attacks and expect we're going to win that war. [Read "Beware The War on Terror" here]