President George W. Bush has urged patience in the war against terrorism, saying that the battle will be long and Americans should not be discouraged by setbacks in Iraq. Speaking at the Tampa, Florida port, yesterday, Bush said the "tendency of folks is to say this really isn't a war." However, the United States still faces a capable enemy that has no regard for human life, he said. "We shouldn't be discouraged about … short-term setbacks or the enemy's capacity to take innocent life because we've seen democracy change the world in the past," Bush told the invited audience. Before his speech, Bush received an update on anti-terror operations in an hour-long briefing at the U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
