Question

Read the following speech excerpt and then select the correct answer to the question below:

President George W. Bush’s speech to the troops on the USS Abraham Lincoln
Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland — and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike.

The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory.

Other nations in history have fought in foreign lands and remained to occupy and exploit. Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. And that is your direction tonight. After service in the Afghan and Iraqi theaters of war — after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history — you are homeward bound. Some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you.

Which line from the text suggests the president believes the war effort has had successes but is not quite complete?

Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed.
Free nations will press on to victory.
Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home.
Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you.

Answer 1

after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history — you are homeward bound. Some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you.

Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpt presented belongs to a speech delivered by Presiden George W. Bush about the Iraq War that began in 2003 and was a response to the incidents that occur in September 11 in the U.S. In this speech Bush aims at explaining the audience although the war has not ended and the U.S. has not won, there is hope the American troops will succeed.

This includes phrases such as "Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed" or "The war on terror is not over" that show the war is being successful but still needs to continue and phrases such as "Free nations will press on to victory" that show there is hope the war would end. Considering this, one of the lines that suggest the war effort had successes ut is not quite complete is "Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed" because this proves the efforts of the U.S. troops diminished terrorism but this effort needs to continue to end with it.