If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

His last Army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region including the Middle East. He also commanded the 84th Armored Engineer Company and served as Regimental Assistant S-3 during this tour. On March 26 2008 he was elected to the board of directors of Chuck E.

S. Tommy Ray Franks (born June 17 1945) is a retired general in the United States Army. general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in 2001.