Word: soiled
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...tell peoples of all nations that a terrorist attack on America was an attack on the world. George W. Bush would soon adopt the same language himself. One must wonder, however, whether the carnage would have been perceived of in such global terms had it occurred on foreign soil, whether America would be rushing to prayer and battle had the buildings toppled in Central Africa or Latin America or South Asia...
...attacks on America were an attack on the world, but so are any attacks motivated by venom and hate, regardless of location, regardless of their scale. If America is to fight this war in the name of justice then it must be willing to defend justice when American soil is not directly under siege, when the victims of terror are not investment bankers and business travels and military personnel, but the unclothed, the unfed and the unknown. And if America is to call on the peoples of the world to act in our defense then it must be willing...
...Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked American businesses and the general public to be on "high alert," given what he believes to be a heightened risk for more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Police and national guardsmen have been stationed in and around cities, providing increased security to major thoroughfares, bridges and tourist attractions. Ashcroft has also asked the FBI to temporarily suspend investigations into the September 11th attacks in order to focus on taking preventative measures against any imminent attacks...
...President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich created the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, which I co-chaired with Warren Rudman, to propose a new national security framework. We concluded that America would become increasingly vulnerable to terrorist attacks, and that Americans would likely die on American soil, possibly in large numbers. Last January we urged the creation of a National Homeland Security Agency, one created by statute, with budgetary authority, whose director would be confirmed by the Senate and stand accountable to the President and Congress. This new agency, to be effective, must be even more powerful...
...Taliban immigration official we had been robbed, and he demanded I show him the culprit. We found the man, and he was promptly and violently beaten in front of me and escorted to jail. The official stamped our passports, we walked through the gates and I kissed the soil of Pakistan...