Why We Fight

As the time since the 9/11 attacks passes, more and more people forget the reason we are involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Of course, the MSM refuse to remind people, lest this make them vote for President Bush. Powerline links to a good Flash animation reminding us of the reasons why we must fight. There really is a war going on. The Republican Party understands that. The Democrats do not. Mark Steyn is right in saying

A serious party would have seen the war on terror as a major foreign policy challenge they needed to address credibly. But instead the Democrats looked on it in a shriveled, partisan Carvillesque way as a Bush wedge issue they needed to neutralize.

Understanding what this war is about qualifies Bush to be President. Kerry's inability to see this should disqualify him.