Read the passage from President George W. Bush’s address to a joint session of Congress in 2001. Our war on terror begins with al-Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated. . . .

. . . We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

–George W. Bush,
September 20, 2001

Bush’s words led to the

development of ARPANET.
founding of the European Union.
passage of the Patriot Act.
founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.