The war we are in

Victor Davis Hanson’s NRO column today is addressed in part to left-wing critics of the war, but it also has an important message for the politicians upon whose leadership we now depend for our survival: “The truth will set us free.”
Here’s a sample: “[O]ur enemies are ideological fanatics who benefit from sanctuary in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen, money from Saudi Arabia and pan-Arabic charities, and indirect political tolerance and at times covert support from members of the Saudi Royal family, the government of Basher Assad, Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, elements of the Pakistani government, and Yasser Arafat.
“We all know that privately, but we must now publicly accept the challenge of our day