If we abandon our values by completely shutting our doors to those who seek the freedom we enjoy or mistreating our neighbors who made it here after enduring unimaginable hardships, the terrorists win.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.
Let us answer the terrorists by living our values with courage.
The war against terrorism is one we must win.
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.
We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.
Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.
We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just waiting for the next.
Now the fact that terrorists throughout the world see this as an opportunity to defeat the United States, we have to be - and every Democratic candidate, even those who opposed us going in, now say we just simply can't cut and run.
Empty political space will be filled by extremists unless the United States and its allies build strong local forces that can suppress terrorist groups and warlords both. When the U.S. creates such local forces, it must be persistent. If it withdraws from these efforts, as America did in Iraq in 2011, it invites mayhem.
Our values and way of life will prevail - terrorism will not.