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(COMTEX) B: Bush cites technological advances in war on terrorism ( Kyodo )

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2005 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- U.S. President George W. Bush
pledged Friday to utilize technological advances as part of the war on
terrorism, saying, "Technology changes the balance of war in a very important
way."

In a commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy
in Annapolis, Maryland, Bush said, "In this era, we target a regime, not a
nation, and that means terrorists and tyrants can no longer feel safe hiding
behind innocent life."

Bush praised the advancement in technology to better equip the military to
target regimes.

"In this war there is only one option and that is victory," he said to the 976
graduates of the academy. "We need you to fight the war on terror and transform
our military at the same time."

Bush also highlighted the efforts being made to deny terrorists access to
weapons of mass destruction, including the proliferation security initiative, a
multinational program to stop WMD shipments.

"To stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction, we broke up the world's most
dangerous nuclear trading network," he said. "We have gone after al-Qaida and
other terrorists with relentless determination."

Bush last delivered the commencement address at the Naval Academy graduation
four months before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Many of those graduates are now serving in Iraq.

"The new officers who sat in the chairs where you now sit could not have known
that their strength and character would be tested so soon," said Bush. "The
midshipmen I addressed here four years ago are now serving bravely in this
struggle."

The academy was established in 1845 with 50 midshipmen in its first class.

2005 Kyodo News (c) Established 1945

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