ideology that fuels these attacks. andrew mccarthy is a form he federal prosecutor who won a conviction of the blind sheikh who had plotted to bomb new york city tunnels and landmarks in the 1990s. islamic supreme six. the difference between the obama administration and its critics is the lesson each has learned. through the 70s, 80s, 90s the united states dealt with terrorism as a crime. i was on the front lines. what we found was that we were repeatedly attacked and the attacks became more audacious over time. and the result was the first september 11th attack. john bolton, u.s. ambassador under president george w. bush is a fox news contributor. it was that attack, tragically, that made us realize that we were in a war. and that the way to deal with international terrorism was to treat it as you would treat an