We must also protect our people and economy, secure our borders, and prevent terrorist attacks here at home. Such international efforts are essential to winning this war, but not sufficient. We will achieve victory in what I call the Terrorists’ War on Us only by staying on offense: defeating terrorist organizations and hunting down their leaders, wherever they are helping Afghanistan and Iraq establish stable and representative governments aiding the spread of good governance throughout the Muslim world and defeating militant Islam in the war of ideas. The fight against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups will be America’s central challenge for years to come. That is no accident it is a measure of our increased vigilance as a nation. Terrorists have conspired to murder American soldiers at Fort Dix and planned to ignite the fuel lines beneath John F. There have been plots to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge and airplanes crossing the Atlantic. There have been no fewer than 14 attempted domestic terrorist attacks and nine international plots against American citizens and interests since 9/11, according to reports in the public record. Now, after September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, every American understands that homeland security is at the heart of a president’s responsibility. The term “homeland security” wasn’t part of the national debate during the 2000 election. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States has confronted both the deadliest attack and one of the most destructive natural disasters in the nation’s history. A resilient society depends on engaged citizens, like this New York volunteer helping to rebuild New Orleans after Katrina.
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