Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us.

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.

Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.

Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves

We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy.

If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.