While Republicans wave red white and blue rhetoric about winning the war on terror, outside the walls of Madison Square Garden, terror seems to be gaining the upper hand.
In Iraq, twelve Nepalese workers were executed by Islamic militants, and 16 are dead in bus bombings in Israel. Hundreds are being held hostage in a school gym in Russia.
When the president takes to the podium tonight, he will once again profess his faith that America can and must win the war on terror — and declare that he is the man to lead the charge. But is his war truly making the world safer? We look at the reality and rhetoric in the war on terror.
Guests:
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Masha Lippman, Moscow-based Washington Post columnist
Jessica Stern, author of “Terror in the Name of God”
Tony Karon, senior editor at Time.com;