Firm, patient resolve

The failed plot to blow up airlines over the ocean underlines the need to continue the fight against terrorism, both at home and overseas.

We must continue our domestic intelligence and surveillance programs to thwart similar plots in the future.

We must win the wars now being waged in Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel to prevent the expansion of this threat to other countries.

Now is not the time to cut and run, or to negotiate.

Now is the time to show firm, patient resolve to achieve victory.