06/20/1989
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction from their war on America; it is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided."
"Most recently they attempted to strike again in the most ambitious plot since the attacks of September the 11th."
"Bin laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lennon and Hitler before them."
"President Bush today called the war on terror the great struggle of the 21st century."