Terrorism vs The America I Love

I will include excerpts  from the 9/11 commission report, page 393.  First the report:
"Our enemy is twofold; al Qaeda, a stateless network of terrorists that struck us on 9/11; and a radical ideological movement  in the Islamic world, inspired in part by al Qaeda, which has spawned terrorist groups and violence across the globe. The first enemy is weakened, but continues to pose a grave threat. The second enemy is gathering, and will menace Americans and American interests long after Usama Bin Ladin and his cohorts are killed or captured. Thus
our strategy must match our means to two ends: dismantling the al Qaeda network and prevailing in the longer term over the ideology that gives rise to Islamist terrorism.
Islam is not the enemy. It is not synonymous with terror. Nor does Islam teach terror. America and its friends oppose a perversion of Islam, not the great world faith itself. Lives guided by religious faith, including literal beliefs in holy scriptures, are common to every religion, and represent no threat to us.
Other religions have experienced violent internal struggles. With so many diverse adherents, every major religion will spawn violent zealots. Yet understanding and tolerance among people of different faiths can and must prevail.
The present transnational danger is Islamist terrorism. What is needed is a broad political-military strategy that rests on a firm tripod of policies to
    .  attack terrorists and their organizations
    .  prevent the continued growth of Islamist terrorism; and
    .  protect against and prepare for terrorist attacks"
An email I received pointed out that "Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WW II)"
The author continues to list the number of attacks against US interests beginning with the taking of Iran Embassy hostages in 1979, Lebanon Embassy and Marine Barracks in 1983, through numerous others such as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 up to the 9/11 attack on the WTC.  The author of this letter to his sons then goes on to state that in WW II the basically Christian nation of Germany was unable to combat the philosophy of Hitler and that Nazis killed many  Christians as well as the holocaust of the Jewish people. Currently the Islamic terrorists are killing their own people in Iraq, Sudan.  The writer goes on to say that there is no politically correct way to avoid saying it--the Muslim terrorists are who we are fighting. One thing in the letter that really hit home with me is his answers to his sons on what it would mean if we lose this war. "We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside but will steadily increase. The plan was clearly to attack us until we were neutered and submissive to them. We would of course have no future support from other nations for fear of reprisals and for the reason that they would see we are impotent and cannot help them. They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations one at a time."
My thoughts on this letter and the 9/11 report lead me to believe that President Bush started us finally on the mission to get rid of al Qaeda and one of the great terrorism supporters, Saddam Hussein. We lost many opportunities to stop or slow the spread before 9/11 but looking back and blaming those in previous years who were too timid to truly commit to eliminating al Qaeda allowing it to spawn more terrorist cells throughout the world including within the USA is counterproductive. We need to look forward and be prepared to continue pursuing any and all terrorists where ever they may be.
I am concerned about the many Americans who are too busy or too apathetic to really look at the situation our nation is in. They warm to the promises of greater goodies from the government. They seem to think that we can get more tax monies from the rich and therefore
spread it to the masses of people who have low or no income. They bash GWB for having gotten us into this mess (he is doing his best to get us out of it) and seem oblivious to the greater threat to our nation. Undoubtedly, the WOT has not been without glitches and need to rethink plans.
We have as individuals and as government agencies made mistakes and will continue to do so. We have started at least to attack those who want us dead and the maniac that supported terrorism against his neighbors as well as his own people. Just remember WWII and the Normandy landings--offcourse for some, equipment that was unable to reach the beaches etc.
War is hell! I do not like war, but when it comes to the wellbeing of our nation I will support it all the way.