President Bush gets it

Reading his website I quickly clicked the National Security tab, and the President there promices to defend, preserve, and extend the peace. His description of defending the peace involves, "seeking to extend the benefits of freedom and prosperity across the globe." That linkage of freedom and prosperity is key in actually accomplishing the objective at hand. One does not take firm root without the other. When both are in place, both flurish. The recipe for them are democracy and capitalism, what I have refered to as free societies and free markets.