Dan Crenshaw: “on this third year since the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I think it is appropriate for Americans to…”

“on this third year since the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I think it is appropriate for Americans to reflect on what we have learned since that fateful day, what we have done to make our homeland safer, and what we as a nation should do to secure our safety in the future. Our Nation, and indeed the world, has learned that terrorism is a global epidemic that crosses all political lines and moral boundaries. Most recently, the terror attacks in Beslan, Russia prove that no country and no person is immune from the cowardice and tragedy of terrorism. In these 3 years we have learned that U.S. leadership is necessary and working to stifle terrorists bent on killing, disrupting, and destroying our way of life. Afghanistan was the home base of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network, but now the terror camps are closed, democracy is rising, and the American people are safer. Pakistan was a safe transit point for terrorists on missions of murder. Now their government is working with the United States to find terrorists in remote regions of Pakistan. Saudi Arabia is tracking down terrorists operating there. Libya has given up its nuclear-processing equipment. Before America took action, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a threat--he was a threat to us; he was a threat to the free world; he was a threat to the Middle East; and he was a threat to his own people. He is no longer a threat, and the American people are safer.”