Đoàn Trang
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Well , since the attacks of September 11th, our world has shifted forever , and to many those are not American people and trying to have a complete point of view about America took actions ivading Iraq after that , i think this specific Oprah talk show can absolutely help find the perfect answers for many doubts and questions about the war in Iraq 
Senator Joseph Biden (D–Delaware) is the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has been a key player in helping determine how our country responds to the terrorist attacks. Today he answered some questions that are foremost in all of our minds:
- America at War: What Can We Expect?
-Do We Know Where the Terrorists Are?
- Can the Terrorists Be Brought to Justice?
- Is the U.S. Prepared for Escalation?
- A Message of Hope
America at War: What Can We Expect?
Oprah: The President has said that we are at war, and that much will be asked of the American people. What can we really expect now?
Senator Biden: I think we should focus on two things. This initially is a time to mourn, not a time to be afraid. This is a time for us to not precipitously react.
The President really got underway the right way when he went out there and said, 'Look, we're going to form an international coalition. We're going to get...all the civilized countries in the world, whether they agree with our philosophy or not, to unite and deal with terrorism.' The only way these large international terrorist cells can organize something like this is if they have the support of a host nation—in this case, it's Afghanistan. Indirectly it was Pakistan. There are some places in Africa where that's the case.
What's happened here is that every world leader saw those airplanes crashing into their Eiffel Tower, or their 101-story building in Shanghai, or their Basilica in Rome or wherever.
I really, truly don't think it's hyperbole to say these terrorist groups have so far crossed the line that they've sown the seeds of their own destructionšthey've crossed the line. And they can't operate unless they have passports, places they can hide and train, and that's all about to come to an end.
Do We Know Where the Terrorists Are?
Oprah: You have been quoted as saying we will 'seek them out, find them, bring them to justice, and if they resist, we will kill them.' How are we going to do that if we don't know where they are?
Senator Biden: We do know where they are, and I'm not at liberty to tell you where they are, but we do know where a lot of them are.
Oprah: We know where they are?
Senator Biden: Yes, we do. Yes, we do. And now, if you ask me, do I know which house, which specific bunker, which specific block [where] Osama bin Laden is, I cannot tell you that. But we know where Osama bin Laden is, we know where a number of his associates are. Most importantly, we know those people who have said to Osama bin Laden and his loose-knit international group: 'You have free rein to practice your bombs, practice your terror, practice and train your foot soldiers right here in our country, so you go right ahead.' We know who those people are too.
Can the Terrorists Be Brought to Justice?
Oprah: Do you feel confident that we are going to seek him out and bring this to justice?
Senator Biden: Yes, I do. I am confident that we will seek him out, number one. I am confident that he will ultimately be brought to justice. For the people in your audience, they should understand they are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be taken down in an aircraft or by an aircraft. This is a horrible thing that happened, but it's also awakened America to begin to focus on the priorities.
Is the U.S. Prepared For Escalation?
Kristin, audience member: The war on terrorism sounds great, butšif we're not prepared for what's going to happen back to us, it's scary, and I think we're all scared of what's going to happen.
Oprah: Are we prepared to handle a chemical or germ attack?
Senator Biden: The answer is, we are not prepared yet [against chemical attacks], but we can easily get prepared.
Let's not exaggerate exactly who these guys are. This is not the Soviet military, this is not the Chinese nuclear arsenal, small as it is. This is a relatively small group of people. They number in the tens, they don't number in the thousands, number one. Number two, it took them all this time, several years, for them to plan this whole process. The ability for them to do something like this simultaneously again is close to zero. Number three, the notion of retaliation, of waiting for them to act again and give them another month, six months, ten months so they can go through this entire process again seems to me to be somewhat foolhardy.
Pakistan up to now has not been very friendly to us. Pakistan up to now has been aiding and abetting the Taliban in Afghanistan and even [bin Laden]. I met with the most powerful man in Pakistan, the head of their Secret Service, their CIA, and we made a very clear statement to him: 'You pick a side. You're either our friend or our enemy. You don't get to play this game any more.' They have decided they are our friends. They've closed their borders, they're going to allow for a lot of things that I'm not at liberty to say. They made an ultimatum to the Taliban [saying]: 'You're not going to get our oil, you're not going to get our gas, you're not going to get food, you're not going to get any more support from us unless you turn [bin Laden] over.' That is a seminal change.
Oprah: Thank you for joining us this morning.
Senator Biden: Thank you for having me. Have hope. We will do this. America will not change. Terrorism will change.
A Message of Hope
Oprah: When we spoke the other day, Senator Biden, we talked about sending a message of hope to the American people. We have seen in the streets of New York and Washington D.C. displays of enormous strength and courage and unity. I know I believe what this is going to do is make our country stronger and more unified than ever.
Sen. Biden: Can I read something to you? (Reads excerpt of a letter written by the son of Senator Biden's friend, the President of the University of Delaware.)
"The press has provided around-the-clock coverage of this event. We've repeatedly been told that our country will never be the same, and that on Tuesday we lost our innocence. Unfortunately, we have heard that refrain several times before, and it's nonsensical due to sheer repetition. After all, we supposedly have long since lost our innocence in Vietnam, JFK, Watergate, Beirut, Oklahoma City and countless other frenzies. The flaw in all these dire predictions, past and present, is the concept that America is a nation of glassy-eyed innocents in the first place. The United States of America is unique in the history of humankind, and its survival has been guaranteed not by its innocence, but by its character and its resilience.
Unlike most nations, ours was not created from geography, religion, language or any other factor of convenience. Ours is a diverse nation of seekers who left lands and overcame adversity in America. They risked everything for the opportunity to create a better life. Far from being innocent, our nation is a nation of people who are largely descended from oppression and hardship. These individuals, through sheer will and effort, became part of this country, this different and special place, and started over. The democracy and freedoms we have today were not stumbled into through innocence and luck. Indeed, they were built through experience and a deep and wiry understanding of human nature and its capacity to do evil.
We were shocked on Tuesday by Tuesday's act, but not surprised, for we had seen and fought evil on a worldwide scale before, throughout our existence as a nation. And we have fought evil, we have preserved our constitutional rights, our values and everything that is so important in America. We have preserved our values, we have won these battles in the past, and we will win this battle again."
He is absolutely, dead positively right. They do not have the capacity to take this nation down. They do not have the capacity. The President is doing the right thing, and he should keep his eye on the ball here. He has put together a coalition that includes everyone from Russia to China to the United Nations to Pakistan to the Middle Eastern Arab Nations. As I said, they understand, they're not able to play geopolitics anymore.
Oprah: They understand it could have been them.
Sen. Biden: Exactly.
...Yep , thats it , so wut about u guys , wut d u think of America before and after reading this article ; eh???
Senator Joseph Biden (D–Delaware) is the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has been a key player in helping determine how our country responds to the terrorist attacks. Today he answered some questions that are foremost in all of our minds:
- America at War: What Can We Expect?
-Do We Know Where the Terrorists Are?
- Can the Terrorists Be Brought to Justice?
- Is the U.S. Prepared for Escalation?
- A Message of Hope
America at War: What Can We Expect?
Oprah: The President has said that we are at war, and that much will be asked of the American people. What can we really expect now?
Senator Biden: I think we should focus on two things. This initially is a time to mourn, not a time to be afraid. This is a time for us to not precipitously react.
The President really got underway the right way when he went out there and said, 'Look, we're going to form an international coalition. We're going to get...all the civilized countries in the world, whether they agree with our philosophy or not, to unite and deal with terrorism.' The only way these large international terrorist cells can organize something like this is if they have the support of a host nation—in this case, it's Afghanistan. Indirectly it was Pakistan. There are some places in Africa where that's the case.
What's happened here is that every world leader saw those airplanes crashing into their Eiffel Tower, or their 101-story building in Shanghai, or their Basilica in Rome or wherever.
I really, truly don't think it's hyperbole to say these terrorist groups have so far crossed the line that they've sown the seeds of their own destructionšthey've crossed the line. And they can't operate unless they have passports, places they can hide and train, and that's all about to come to an end.
Do We Know Where the Terrorists Are?
Oprah: You have been quoted as saying we will 'seek them out, find them, bring them to justice, and if they resist, we will kill them.' How are we going to do that if we don't know where they are?
Senator Biden: We do know where they are, and I'm not at liberty to tell you where they are, but we do know where a lot of them are.
Oprah: We know where they are?
Senator Biden: Yes, we do. Yes, we do. And now, if you ask me, do I know which house, which specific bunker, which specific block [where] Osama bin Laden is, I cannot tell you that. But we know where Osama bin Laden is, we know where a number of his associates are. Most importantly, we know those people who have said to Osama bin Laden and his loose-knit international group: 'You have free rein to practice your bombs, practice your terror, practice and train your foot soldiers right here in our country, so you go right ahead.' We know who those people are too.
Can the Terrorists Be Brought to Justice?
Oprah: Do you feel confident that we are going to seek him out and bring this to justice?
Senator Biden: Yes, I do. I am confident that we will seek him out, number one. I am confident that he will ultimately be brought to justice. For the people in your audience, they should understand they are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be taken down in an aircraft or by an aircraft. This is a horrible thing that happened, but it's also awakened America to begin to focus on the priorities.
Is the U.S. Prepared For Escalation?
Kristin, audience member: The war on terrorism sounds great, butšif we're not prepared for what's going to happen back to us, it's scary, and I think we're all scared of what's going to happen.
Oprah: Are we prepared to handle a chemical or germ attack?
Senator Biden: The answer is, we are not prepared yet [against chemical attacks], but we can easily get prepared.
Let's not exaggerate exactly who these guys are. This is not the Soviet military, this is not the Chinese nuclear arsenal, small as it is. This is a relatively small group of people. They number in the tens, they don't number in the thousands, number one. Number two, it took them all this time, several years, for them to plan this whole process. The ability for them to do something like this simultaneously again is close to zero. Number three, the notion of retaliation, of waiting for them to act again and give them another month, six months, ten months so they can go through this entire process again seems to me to be somewhat foolhardy.
Pakistan up to now has not been very friendly to us. Pakistan up to now has been aiding and abetting the Taliban in Afghanistan and even [bin Laden]. I met with the most powerful man in Pakistan, the head of their Secret Service, their CIA, and we made a very clear statement to him: 'You pick a side. You're either our friend or our enemy. You don't get to play this game any more.' They have decided they are our friends. They've closed their borders, they're going to allow for a lot of things that I'm not at liberty to say. They made an ultimatum to the Taliban [saying]: 'You're not going to get our oil, you're not going to get our gas, you're not going to get food, you're not going to get any more support from us unless you turn [bin Laden] over.' That is a seminal change.
Oprah: Thank you for joining us this morning.
Senator Biden: Thank you for having me. Have hope. We will do this. America will not change. Terrorism will change.
A Message of Hope
Oprah: When we spoke the other day, Senator Biden, we talked about sending a message of hope to the American people. We have seen in the streets of New York and Washington D.C. displays of enormous strength and courage and unity. I know I believe what this is going to do is make our country stronger and more unified than ever.
Sen. Biden: Can I read something to you? (Reads excerpt of a letter written by the son of Senator Biden's friend, the President of the University of Delaware.)
"The press has provided around-the-clock coverage of this event. We've repeatedly been told that our country will never be the same, and that on Tuesday we lost our innocence. Unfortunately, we have heard that refrain several times before, and it's nonsensical due to sheer repetition. After all, we supposedly have long since lost our innocence in Vietnam, JFK, Watergate, Beirut, Oklahoma City and countless other frenzies. The flaw in all these dire predictions, past and present, is the concept that America is a nation of glassy-eyed innocents in the first place. The United States of America is unique in the history of humankind, and its survival has been guaranteed not by its innocence, but by its character and its resilience.
Unlike most nations, ours was not created from geography, religion, language or any other factor of convenience. Ours is a diverse nation of seekers who left lands and overcame adversity in America. They risked everything for the opportunity to create a better life. Far from being innocent, our nation is a nation of people who are largely descended from oppression and hardship. These individuals, through sheer will and effort, became part of this country, this different and special place, and started over. The democracy and freedoms we have today were not stumbled into through innocence and luck. Indeed, they were built through experience and a deep and wiry understanding of human nature and its capacity to do evil.
We were shocked on Tuesday by Tuesday's act, but not surprised, for we had seen and fought evil on a worldwide scale before, throughout our existence as a nation. And we have fought evil, we have preserved our constitutional rights, our values and everything that is so important in America. We have preserved our values, we have won these battles in the past, and we will win this battle again."
He is absolutely, dead positively right. They do not have the capacity to take this nation down. They do not have the capacity. The President is doing the right thing, and he should keep his eye on the ball here. He has put together a coalition that includes everyone from Russia to China to the United Nations to Pakistan to the Middle Eastern Arab Nations. As I said, they understand, they're not able to play geopolitics anymore.
Oprah: They understand it could have been them.
Sen. Biden: Exactly.
...Yep , thats it , so wut about u guys , wut d u think of America before and after reading this article ;
eh???
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