Word: punish
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Appearing confident and resolute, Bush addressed both Houses of Congress and the nation last night, pledging the full resources of the government to find and punish terrorists and those countries that harbor them...
...response to these barbaric terrorist tactics, our president reacted —before the wreckage had even hit the ground—with a knee-jerk pledge reeking of just as much testosterone: To hunt down and punish whoever is responsible...
...holy war' whose aim is to terrorize the U.S. into withdrawing entirely from the Middle East and Gulf region. U.S. personnel have traditionally worked with allied intelligence agencies for years to thwart the Bin Laden threat and take down his networks. Now the U.S. will escalate its campaign, and punish any states that may have assisted Bin Laden. But this "war" is a complex combination of intelligence, security, diplomatic and military maneuvers that is unlikely to involve large-scale troop commitments or traditional military deployments...
...even if we capture every single person responsible for these attacks and punish them accordingly, as I believe we should, we’ll have come no closer to destroying the roots of terrorism—the very fire that drives those who would dare commit horrendous attacks like those we witnessed on Sept...
...likely to steer clear of the sort of frontal invasion of Afghanistan that became a nightmare for the Soviets, and instead concentrate on special forces operations along with British commandos. But even that would draw fierce resistance from the Taliban, and the U.S. has, of course, promised to punish those who shelter Bin Laden. A major confrontation between the U.S. and the Taliban, though, potentially creates a serious domestic crisis for Pakistan, and possibly some of the Arab allies...