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Stardate 20011130.1823 (On Screen): There are a lot of people out there who don't seem to understand the concept.

The president of Yemen told French President Jacques Chirac on Friday that he was committed to helping fight the war against terrorism but hoped it wouldn't involve countries other than Afghanistan.

"We hope that there will not be an expansion of this war, it is not in the interest of world peace," President Ali Abdullah Saleh told reporters after meeting with Chirac in the French president's office.

Attacks on US cities are also not "in the interests of world peace." Get this straight: the war on terrorism is going to go whereever the terrorists are, and continue as long as the terrorists are operating.

You think we're fighting this war just for the hell of it? We're not attacking Afghanistan for purposes of retaliation; we're doing it to preempt future attacks. If members of al Qaeda continue to operate other places with tacit approval of local governments, then the war on terrorism will visit those nations, too. If other terrorist groups threaten us, we'll also go after them. But we're not going to give this up and let the terrorists continue to operate just because the world thinks "Peace is good." I think peace is good, too -- but "peace" includes "no more risk of attacks on US cities", and unless that's part of "peace" then the war on terrorism is going to continue. (discuss)

Will someone please mail President Saleh a videotape of CNN's coverage from the morning of September 11?