We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in any place at all. And it's not possible to defend in every place, against every technique, against every conceivable approach. It means that you can't stop every terrorist attack. Innocent men, women and children are going to be killed if terrorists are determined to do it.

What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict. It will be of a force and scope and scale that has been beyond what has been seen before.

Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.

Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.