If you sit around and wring your hands as they're all doing now until something happens to a major American city, then it is too late.

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

I am a product of the draft.

My time in the Army gave me an understanding for what it takes to provide for our national security and what it means to our service members and their families.

China has been trading technology and systems with Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, North Korea now for years and years. Indigenously? No they're not going to have one. But they're getting dangerously close to having one. We can all have reason to suspect. Why would they not if they're trading with these countries?