... I have to say that the need to act against terror right now is paramount, and to act on all fronts is paramount because if you do not consistently apply the principles that were put forward by President Bush seven months ago in an historic speech before the American people and also in subsequent action, if you lose that map and that conquest, if it becomes wet by soggy rain or it is shredded to pieces, you will lose direction. If
you lose direction, you lose the war. You won't complete the war....

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A Mexican National Guard officer stands guard on a pickup truck during a vehicle check heading to the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry crossing in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on February 6, 2025. (Getty Images)