DCI'S 26 SEPTEMBER ADDRESS TO DIA 25TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

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• Publication Date: September 19, 1986
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-6111
19 September 1986
SUBJECT: DCI's 26 September Address to DIA
25th Anniversary Dinner
I attach for your use a draft of proposed remarks
by the Director of Central Intelligence at DIA's
25th Anniversary Dinner next week. These remarks
have been reviewed by General Perroots. I do hope
they will give you what you need to prepare a
draft text for Mr. Casey.
Deputy Director for
External Relations
STAT
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25TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
26 SEPTEMBER 1986
ADDRESS BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
GENERAL PERROOTS, MRS. PERROOTS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FELLOW
INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LENNY, I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES DURING YOUR ELOQUENT AND
GENEROUS WORDS OF INTRODUCTION, I'M NOT ALWAYS PERCEIVED THAT
WAY, AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP, WHICH YOU SO CORRECTLY
DESCRIBE, I THINK I'LL HAVE THOSE WORDS MADE REQUIRED READING AT
CIA,
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. INDEED, I PLACE
THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS 25TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. AS I ARRIVED
THIS EVENING AND LOOKED UP AT THE STRIKING, STREAMLINED,
PROFESSIONAL FACE OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CENTER, I
THOUGHT HOW PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE IT IS THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN
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FIGHT TERRORISM AT ITS ROOTS, WE MUST BE CONTENT ONLY TO COPE
WITH TERRORISM'S EFFECTS -- NOT ITS CAUSE. AND THAT WILL NOT BE
ENOUGH,
IN THE BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY HAS EARNED THE ADMIRATION OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
AND THE NATION. IT IS PART OF OUR PROFESSION NOT PUBLICLY TO
PARADE OUR SUCCESSES, BUT SUCCESSES THERE HAVE BEEN. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, THERE IS A DEEP COMMITMENT
ON MY PART, ON THE PART OF GENERAL PERROOTS, ON THE PART OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO FORM OUR GREAT INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO MEET
THE TERRORIST CHALLENGE, AND IF WE PERSEVERE WE WILL SUCCEED,
AMERICANS LOOK TO THEIR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MORE THAN
EVER BEFORE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL
INTERESTS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO
REALIZE CONTINUING PEACE AND GREATER GLOBAL STABILITY, THE
MANDATE FOR THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S NEXT 25 YEARS IS
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FULL AND IT IS CLEAR. I SALUTE YOU ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT 25TH
ANNIVERSARY, I APPLAUD YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND I WISH THE DEFENSE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ALL FUTURE SUCCESS. I KNOW YOU WILL
SUCCEED.
THANK YOU,
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DIA 25TH ANNIVERSARY
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THIS NEW CENTER OF INTELLIGENCE EXCELLENCE AS THE SETTING FOR
YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY INAUGURAL DINNER, AND HOW DRAMATICALLY AND
EFFECTIVELY THIS NEW HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX -- THE DIAC -- ATTESTS
TO THE HIGH STANDING AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DIA WITHIN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AMERICANS JOINED IN ANOTHER CELEBRATION
-- TO BE SURE, ON A LARGER SCALE THAN THE EVENTS OF THESE NEXT
FEW DAYS -- BUT A CELEBRATION VERY MUCH IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS
YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, ON JULY 3, AS HE PREPARED TO LIGHT THE
TORCH OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ON HER 100TH ANNIVERSARY, THE
PRESIDENT CHOSE WORDS THAT ARE EQUALLY APPLICABLE THIS EVENING:
"FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY," HE SAID, "OUR FOREBEARS -- COLONISTS
FEW IN NUMBER AND WITH LITTLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, FOUGHT A
WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE WITH WHAT WAS THEN THE WORLD'S MOST
POWERFUL EMPIRE. FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY, THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE
US TAMED A VAST WILDERNESS AND BRAVED HARDSHIPS WHICH, AT
TIMES, WERE BEYOND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE. FOR LOVE
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OF LIBERTY, A BLOODY AND HEART-WRENCHING CIVIL WAR WAS
FOUGHT. AND, FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY, AMERICANS CHAMPIONED AND
STILL CHAMPION, EVEN IN TIMES OF PERIL, THE CAUSE OF HUMAN
FREEDOM IN FAR-OFF LANDS,"
LOVE OF LIBERTY AND THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM ARE WHAT THE
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IS ALL ABOUT. LOVE OF LIBERTY AND
THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM ARE AT THE HEART OF THE WORDS DIA HAS CHOSEN
TO MARK THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY --THE WORDS 'COMMITTED TO
EXCELLENCE IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION,' THE PRESIDENT COMMENDS YOU
ON THE CHOICE OF THOSE WORDS. AS PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN
CHIEF, HE HAS THE GREATEST APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IS MAKING TO THE DEFENSE OF THE FREE
WORLD AND THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE, AND HE HAS ASKED ME TO
CONVEY TO YOU HIS GREETINGS AND VERY BEST WISHES ON THIS OCCASION
OF SUCH IMPORTANCE TO DIA AND THE NATION.
AS ANY INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL KNOWS, THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY HAS NOT ALWAYS HAD A STRONG MANDATE CLEAR IN DIRECTION
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AND WEIGHTY IN RESPONSIBILITY. THROUGH THE DECADES, IN FACT
THROUGH THE CENTURIES, WE HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC EBB AND FLOW IN THE
TRUST PLACED IN INTELLIGENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE ACCORDED
INTELLIGENCE. WE ARE PRIVILEGED INDEED TO SERVE A PRESIDENT WHO
GIVES INTELLIGENCE A PRIORITY SECOND TO NONE. IT IS A SOURCE OF
GREAT PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION TO ME THAT YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY
CEREMONIES WILL INCLUDE THE DEDICATION OF A PLAQUE BEARING THE
PRESIDENT'S WORDS, "LET US NEVER FORGET, GOOD INTELLIGENCE SAVES
AMERICAN LIVES AND PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM,"
THOSE WORDS ACCOMPANIED THE SIGNING BY THE PRESIDENT OF
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 ON UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN
DECEMBER 1981, AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING THAT
"TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES,
CAPABILITIES, PLANS AND INTENTIONS OF FOREIGN POWERS,
ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONS, AND THEIR AGENTS, IS ESSENTIAL TO
THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. ALL REASONABLE
AND LAWFUL MEANS MUST BE USED TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITED
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STATES WILL RECEIVE THE BEST INTELLIGENCE POSSIBLE,"
THAT INTELLIGENCE ORDER PROVIDED THE BEDROCK FOR THE
STRUCTURE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE SERVE
TOGETHER TODAY; IT PROVIDED THE MANDATE FOR THE WORK AND THE
REBUILDING OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IT SET FORTH THE MISSION OF EACH
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFYING IN CLEAR, STRAIGHTFORWARD
LANGUAGE THE CENTRAL ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY DIA:
-- SUPPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF,
-- THE COLLECTION AND PRODUCTION OF MILITARY AND MILITARY-
RELATED INTELLIGENCE FOR DEFENSE CONSUMERS,
-- THE COLLECTION AND PRODUCTION OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
FOR NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
PRODUCTS,
-- THE COORDINATION OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS, AND
-- THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DEFENSE ATTACHE SYSTEM,
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THE REQUIREMENTS OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ARE IMMENSE, AND
THE WORDS OF THE INTELLIGENCE EXECUTIVE ORDER MANDATE RECONFIRM
THE WISDOM OF THE DECISION TAKEN 25 YEARS AGO TO CREATE THE
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. THAT DECISION -- THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
SINCE WORLD WAR II -- RECOGNIZED THAT A DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY WAS MOST IMPORTANTLY REQUIRED TO:
--UNIFY THE INTELLIGENCE EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE,
--STRENGTHEN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAPABILITIES FOR THE
COLLECTION, PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INTELLIGENCE,
--PROVIDE FOR THE MOST EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES,
--IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES, AND
--ENSURE THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEFENSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE
NATION'S BROADER INTELLIGENCE EFFORT,
IN THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS THE
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND TO WORK WITH GENERAL
PERROOTS, HIS PREDECESSORS AND THE PERSONNEL OF DIA, I HAVE
OBSERVED THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RISE WITH GREAT
PROFESSIONAL SKILL TO MEET EACH NEW CHALLENGE AND TO ACCEPT EACH
NEW RESPONSIBILITY. I KNOW AT FIRST HAND FROM MY CONTACTS THE
YEAR-AROUND WITH SECRETARY WEINBERGER AND ADMIRAL CROWE, FROM MY
CONSULTATIONS WITH THE CONGRESS, FROM MY VISITS TO THE COMMANDERS
IN CHIEF OF THE UNIFIED AND SPECIFIED COMMANDS AND TO OUR
MILITARY FORCES IN THE FIELD, AND FROM MY CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR
ALLIES OF THE VERY HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH DIA IS HELD AND OF THE
RELIANCE THAT KEY CONSUMERS OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PLACE ON
DIA'S INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIONS.
THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION THAT DIA IS A FULL AND VALUED
PARTNER IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 25TH
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YEAR, RATHER, THE CRITICAL QUESTION BEFORE US IS HOW EACH OF US
AS PARTNERS CAN BEST HARNESS AND BLEND OUR PROFESSIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THE VITALLY IMPORTANT MISSIONS THIS
NATION EXPECTS OF US. IF WE ARE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE MISSIONS, WE
MUST CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENHANCE INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION. TO THIS END,
I HAVE REVAMPED THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES PROCESS --
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS WHICH IS VITAL TO THE DECISIONMAKER -- WITH
THE GOAL OF ENSURING THE INTEGRITY AND OBJECTIVITY OF EACH
ESTIMATE, TOGETHER WITH ITS ACCURACY AND TIMELINESS. I HAVE
EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE I PLACE ON HAVING ALL MEMBERS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THE ESTIMATES PROCESS, AND
THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CONTINUES TO PLAY AN INCREASINGLY
LARGER ROLE PARTICULARLY ON THOSE ESTIMATES REQUIRING YOUR EXPERT
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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE KNOWLEDGE, SECONDLY, AS YOU ARE WELL
AWARE, I HAVE FOCUSED THE INTENSE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNITY NOT
ONLY ON THE SOVIET UNION'S MILITARY CAPABILITY BUT ALSO ON THE
ABILITY THE SOVIETS HAVE SHOWN TO PROJECT THEIR POWER ABROAD
THROUGH WORLDWIDE SUBVERSION AND INSURGENCY. A LARGE PART OF
ENHANCED INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD COMES FROM THE ADEPT USE OF PROXY
FORCES, ARMS SALES AND MILITARY ADVISERS AROUND THE WORLD, TO
HELP COUNTER THIS, WE MUST CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE A GREATER
KNOWLEDGE OF THE DYNAMICS INVOLVED IN INSURGENCY AND INSTABILITY
-- AND TO DEVELOP ADVANCE WARNING OF POTENTIAL AREAS OF
DESTABILIZATION AND INSTABILITY,
THERE ARE OTHER CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS TO THE
CHALLENGES POSED TO US BY THE USSR AND ITS WARSAW PACT ALLIES,
CHALLENGES DEMANDING THE MOST TIMELY ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE
POSSIBLE, TO CORRECT SHORTCOMINGS IN THEIR ARMED FORCES, THE
SOVIETS HAVE COME TO RELY HEAVILY ON U.S, AND OTHER SOURCES IN
FREE NATIONS FOR MUCH OF THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED BY
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THEIR MILITARY SYSTEMS. THIS IS NOT A RANDOM EFFORT, BUT A
MASSIVE, CENTRALLY CONTROLLED CAMPAIGN TO OBTAIN NEEDED PRODUCTS
AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE SELECTIVELY THROUGH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL
MEANS. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE 5,000 ONGOING SOVIET RESEARCH
PRODUCTS WITH MILITARY APPLICATIONS ARE BENEFITTING TO SOME
EXTENT FROM KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ACQUIRED FROM THE FREE WORLD, WE
MUST REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS AS AN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY --BUILDING
ON THE PROGRAMS ALREADY UNDERWAY -- TO THWART THIS TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER SO DAMAGING TO THE NATION'S SECURITY, AS A NATION, WE
ARE BY INSTINCT A GENEROUS AND TRUSTING PEOPLE. WE NEED TO
SENSITIZE AND PROTECT OUR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS AND SALES FORCES
AGAINST THESE TECHNOLOGY PICKPOCKETS, AGAINST DUMMY CUSTOMERS AND
FORGED PAPERS USED TO FUNNEL VITAL EQUIPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE BEHIND
THE IRON CURTAIN.
PERHAPS OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE, WE MUST ENHANCE OUR ABILITY,
AS MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, TO HELP THIS GREAT
NATION DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH HEINOUS ACTS OF TERRORISM.
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IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IS A PITILESS
WAR WITHOUT BORDERS, AS APOSTLES OF WANTON VIOLENCE AND
DESTRUCTION, TERRORISTS STRIKE AT THE VERY HEART OF CIVILIZED
LIVING. WHETHER CONDUCTING HIJACKINGS OF UNARMED CIVILIAN
AIRCRAFT; BOMBINGS OF EMBASSIES, AIRPORTS, AND RESEARCH
INSTITUTES; OR COLD-BLOODED MURDERS OF POLITICAL LEADERS,
BUSINESSMEN, AND EVEN UNFORTUNATE PASSERSBY -- THE TERRORIST IS A
RAVENOUS JACKAL PREYING UPON ORDERLY DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES, IN
THIS WAR ON HUMANITY, THE SO-CALLED "SOLDIERS" ARE THE
TERRORISTS, THE TARGET IS THE MIND OF THE PUBLIC, AND THEIR
WEAPON IS FEAR.
LET ME CONCLUDE WITH A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW THE AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSES THIS DREADFUL SCOURGE, AND HOW I
THINK WE SHOULD DEAL WITH IT,
WHAT THE TERRORIST DOES IS TO KILL, MAIM, KIDNAP, AND
TORTURE. HIS VICTIMS MAY BE CHILDREN IN A SCHOOLROOM, INNOCENT
TRAVELERS ON AIRPLANES, BUSINESSMEN RETURNING HOME FROM WORK,
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POLITICAL LEADERS, DIPLOMATS, SCHOLARS, CLERGY, INDUSTRIALISTS,
MILITARY OFFICERS -- VIRTUALLY ANYONE, THE DEFINING
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TERRORIST IS HIS CHOICE OF METHOD, T
TERRORIST INVARIABLY CHOSES VIOLENCE AS THE INSTRUMENT OF FIRST
RESORT,
THE TERRORIST HAS DECLARED WAR ON THE MIND, IT IS THE
IMPRESSION OF BEING EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, OF STRIKING WITH
IMPUNITY AT WHOMEVER OR WHATEVER HE WILL, THAT GIVES THE
TERRORIST HIS REAL POWER. TO DO HIS EVIL WORK, THE TERRORIST
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE VERY CIVILIZATION HE SEEKS TO DESTROY,
THE TERRORIST DEPENDS UPON TWO FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN CONDUCTING
HIS WAR ON THE MIND. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS, IRONICALLY, ARE
FOUND ONLY IN THE URBAN CENTERS OF THE OPEN SOCIETIES LIKE OURS
AND THOSE OF OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD,
WITH THE HELP OF A SPONSORING STATE, TERRORIST GROUPS ARE
ABLE TO USE MORE SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES BECAUSE OF STATE-FUNDED
TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, MOREOVER, THE GROUPS
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CAN EMPLOY MORE DEADLY, MORE DIFFICULT-TO-DETECT EQUIPMENT AND
ARMS, THEY ALSO RECEIVE INTELLIGENCE, AND GET OFFICIAL TRAVEL
DOCUMENTS -- SOMETIMES USED AS DIPLOMATIC COVER -- TO HIDE THEIR
TRUE IDENTITIES. THIS SUPPORT MAKES IT EASY FOR TERRORISTS TO
MASK MOVEMENTS AND MUNITIONS DELIVERIES -- AND THEN FIND
SAFEHAVEN IN A SPONSORING STATE AFTER AN ATTACK, SO THE BACKING
OF GOVERNMENTS ENORMOUSLY ESCALATES THE SCOPE AND POWER OF EVEN
THE SMALLEST TERRORIST GROUPS. THERE IS MUCH MORE WE CAN DO, AND
WILL TO COUNTER THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM,
FIRST, WE CAN IMPROVE OUR INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND, AS
A NATION, WORK TOGETHER MORE CLOSELY WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
VICTIMIZED BY TERRORISM, SECOND, WE CAN WORK TOWARD A STRONGER
LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO DEAL WITH TERRORIST ACTS AND WITH PROSECUTING
TERRORISTS THEMSELVES. THIRD, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN
WORK TOGETHER TO ISOLATE TERRORIST GANGS AND THE STATES THAT
SPONSOR THESE GANGS. IN THIS WAY, THE COMMUNITY OF CIVILIZED
NATIONS CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY PREVENT TERRORIST VIOLENCE, PREEMPT
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HIS PLANS AND OPERATIONS, AND -- IF WE MUST -- RESPOND SWIFTLY
AND APPROPRIATELY TO HIS ATTACKS,
WHAT THE TERRORISTS SO GRANDLY STYLE AS "A REVOLUTION
WITHOUT BORDERS" IS, IN FACT, A BRUTAL, DEVASTATING AND INSIDIOUS
WAR ON THE MIND. TERRORISM AS A WEAPON SYSTEM, TERRORISM AS A
FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL CHANGE,
MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK, THE IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORIST
SUCCESS ARE TOO OMINOUS. TERRORIST SUCCESS WOULD PORTEND THE
TWILIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND THE ADVENT OF GOVERNMENT BY
TERROR.
THE REALITY -- THE BOTTOM LINE -- IS THAT TERRORISM AIMS AT
THE VERY HEART OF CIVILIZATION. WE HAVE NO REALISTIC CHOICE BUT
TO MEET IT, AND THAT MEANS HEAD ON. NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK. AND
THE AIM OF THE TERRORISTS AND THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE FOR THOSE
WHO SPONSOR, TRAIN, ENCOURAGE AND SUPPLY TERRORISTS, IS TO
UNDERMINE OUR VALUES, SHATTER OUR SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND ULTIMATELY
DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE. IN THE ABSENCE OF A NATIONAL WILL TO
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