Rob Andrews: “generations of American school children will read and study about September 11, 2001. In their history, they will see…”

“generations of American school children will read and study about September 11, 2001. In their history, they will see that Americans across our land are manifesting the spirit of their chosen God in millions of acts of compassion and mercy. In their history, they will hear of the heroic efforts of firefighters, EMTs and EMS personnel, police officers and medical personnel. They will read this history, but, in the next few days, we will write that history. Let that history show that we came together, we found the organizations that were responsible for the acts of terror against our people and our country yesterday, and we found any nations who participated or permitted that terror, and we acted swiftly and destroyed those organizations and destroyed the war-making capability of those nations. Let that history show that this was the day when America said it was no longer any good in the world to play both sides of the fence when it comes to terrorism; that it was the day we said to the so-called moderate states around the world that they cannot have it both ways when it comes to terrorism. They cannot condemn terrorism with their words, but support terrorism with their prosperity, their currency and their diplomacy. Let us join together and write a history that says to those countries who are ambiguous about their support for us, that there will be no more aid, there will be no more trade, and there will be no more arms from the American people.”