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For Mexico and Canada, the 'War on Terror' is over
On the eighth anniversary of the United States declaring a global "war on terror" this September, America's continental neighbors–Mexico and Canada–have had enough.
When President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001, the nation–and much of the world–was still in disbelief that Islamic terrorists had successfully carried out the greatest attack on U.S. soil since Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor.
That night Bush rallied the nation to support a "war on terror" that was "global" in nature, and which would lead to the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We will direct every resource at our command–every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence and every necessary weapon of war–to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network," Bush declared.
This declaration of a global war, one that would define his administration going forth, included the fateful statement: "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."