On Sept. 16, 2001, five days after the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, President George W. Bush declared, “This crusade - this war on terrorism - is going to take a while. And the American people must be patient. I'm going to be patient. But I can assure the American people I am determined." Four days after that, President Bush declared the “war on terror” to be primarily against al-Qaeda. “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda,” he said in an address to Congress and the nation, “but...
