The enemy of the free world is someone defined as having hatred so intense that life itself has no meaning. This is World War III and the front-line has been established in the sands of the Middle East. We have engaged the enemy in their own backyard, which is infinitely better than Main Street America.

Many have questioned our tactics and motivations in our approach to this war, but few would disagree that radical fundamentalists pose the most serious threat to a civilized free world. Suicide bombers have replaced evangelists as the most effective way to deliver a message. The message being live and believe as we do, or die in a hail of smoke and ash.

Sept. 11, 2001, will always be a date that will live in infamy. We have done the correct thing in bursting the bubble of terrorism, not only for the free world, but also for the right to teach our children that love of life is more precious than hatred of the enemy, regardless of what God the enemy professes to die for.

Michael Boom, Lewiston