Spencer Cox: “the magnitude of this tragedy is still revealing itself. The bombings are over, but the extent of the damage, the number…”

“the magnitude of this tragedy is still revealing itself. The bombings are over, but the extent of the damage, the number of people killed, is still partially obscured to us. The death toll in a single day may eclipse the entire toll from the Korean War. That this war, waged by foreign enemies of the United States, happened on American soil, makes it unique in our modern history. That it happened on our city streets, that it targeted our national symbols, makes it all the more unbelievable. But it is true, it happened. We are brought face to face with the grim reality that not only do a dangerous few of our fellow human beings hate America and what she stands for, but they are willing to kill all of us and themselves in order to vindicate that hate. These terrorist shock troops did not know the names of the people they killed, they did not know the identities of the families they have destroyed forever, and they do not care. As General Norman Schwarzkopf said so pointedly yesterday, always, even during the Gulf War, the United States has taken extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties in its military operations. But these terrorists intentionally target innocent men, women, and children. That, he said, is the difference between these bastards and us. The terrorists and the states that harbor them do not hate any of us as individuals. They hate America; they hate our civilization. Now civilization must defend itself.…”