... I have to say that the need to act against terror right now is paramount, and to act on all fronts is paramount because if you do not consistently apply the principles that were put forward by President Bush seven months ago in an historic speech before the American people and also in subsequent action, if you lose that map and that conquest, if it becomes wet by soggy rain or it is shredded to pieces, you will lose direction. If
you lose direction, you lose the war. You won't complete the war....
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)