Bush's Strategy

In a speech today given before military spouses, President Bush outlined a 5 point strategy to defeat the terrorists:

1. First, we're determined to prevent the attacks of terrorist networks before they occur.
2. Second, we're determined to deny weapons of mass destruction to outlaw regimes, and to the terrorist allies who would use them without hesitation.
3. Third, we're determined to deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of outlaw regimes.
4. Fourth, we're determined to deny the militants control of any nation, which they would use as a home base and launching pad for terror.
5. The fifth element of our strategy in the war on terror is to deny the militants of future recruits by replacing hatred and resentment with democracy and hope across the broader Middle East.

In the same speech, Bush repeatedly referred to Iran and Syria as sponsors of terrorism. He gave a particularly curt warning to Syria:

Syria is destabilizing Lebanon, permitting terrorists to use its territory to reach Iraq, and giving safe harbor to Palestinian terrorist groups. The United Nations has passed strong resolutions against terror. Now the United Nations must act -- and Syria and its leaders must be held accountable for their continuing support for terrorism, including any involvement in the murder of Prime Minister Hariri.