e in the United States. One of the founding principles of our legal system is the premise that a person is innocent until they are proven to be guilty. In this country, there is a legal process that is upheld for everyone who commits a crime. Most Americans would call the Oklahoma City bombing a national tragedy, and one in which the first people blamed for that act of violence were terrorist groups throughout the world. We later learned that it was one of our own citizens who had committed an act of treason against his country. Even he was afforded a fair trial in this country, and he was found to be guilty. Only then can we truly say that justice was upheld. In the more recent case of the towers and the pentagon, much more circumstantial evidence is being used as proof for our retaliatory efforts. Is this the American system of justice? There are bombs being dropped abroad that are not just killing terrorists but innocent victims. All of this due to a mass of gathered circumstantial. This is not what America stands for; this is clearly not justice. We must have the proof in order to support this action. Its the American way.As tensions for war grows in our country Bush, is faced with the many problems that will accompany war. This speech went a long way to emphasize the importance of unification at current. These terrorists are the destroyers of freedoms. They represent everything that we stand against and it is our duty to help rid the world of these people. It is this message that Bushs speech most strongly conveys. This also requires the unification of the country, as does any war. America could not be fighting without the support of the American people backing it. As a president, it is part of their job to help unify without feuling that fire of hatred in the nation during a war. He helps to ease the hatred that is already afflicting this country. Overall, Bush very well accomplished what he had set out to acc...
