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| President George W Bush has compared Osama Bin Laden to Lenin and Hitler in a speech to US military officers. | President George W Bush has compared Osama Bin Laden to Lenin and Hitler in a speech to US military officers. |
| "Underestimating the words of evil and ambitious men is a terrible mistake," he said as he quoted extensively from Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures. | "Underestimating the words of evil and ambitious men is a terrible mistake," he said as he quoted extensively from Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures. |
| He said the world had ignored the writings of Lenin and Hitler "and paid a terrible price" - adding the world must not to do the same with al-Qaeda. | He said the world had ignored the writings of Lenin and Hitler "and paid a terrible price" - adding the world must not to do the same with al-Qaeda. |
| Mr Bush has been defending his security strategy as mid-term elections loom. | Mr Bush has been defending his security strategy as mid-term elections loom. |
| His speech on Tuesday - the day following the US Labor Day holiday - coincided with the country's traditional start date for election campaigning. | His speech on Tuesday - the day following the US Labor Day holiday - coincided with the country's traditional start date for election campaigning. |
| "Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them," he said. | "Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them," he said. |
| But, he added, the US and its allies could be confident of victory in "the great ideological struggle of the 21st Century" because "we have seen free nations defeat terror before". | But, he added, the US and its allies could be confident of victory in "the great ideological struggle of the 21st Century" because "we have seen free nations defeat terror before". |
| Anti-terror strategy | |
| The speech covered many of the same themes as his first address in his current five-speech series defending his administration's so-called Global War on Terror. | The speech covered many of the same themes as his first address in his current five-speech series defending his administration's so-called Global War on Terror. |
| He outlined a newly-updated "National Strategy for Combating Terrorism" document, which includes objectives such as preventing future attacks and denying weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. | |
| "The best way to protect America is to stay on the offence," he said. | |
| Other goals in the US strategy include denying terrorists control of any nation or area they could use as a refuge - an aim he linked to the continued US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. | |
| And with less than a week until America marks the fifth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks, he again portrayed US policy in Iraq as part of a broad strategy to maker the country safer. | |
| He defended the controversial Patriot Act and terrorist surveillance programme, which involves the government listening in on calls between the US and foreign locations without the warrant which is normally required. | |
| "If al-Qaeda is calling somebody in America, we need to know why in order to stop attacks," he said to the applause of his audience. |