Posted on 03/19/2004 11:05:48 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
We are representing 84 countries united against a common danger, and joined in a common purpose. We are the nations that have recognized the threat of terrorism, and we are the nations that will defeat that threat. Each of us has pledged before the world: We will never bow to the violence of a few. We will face this mortal danger, and we will overcome it together.
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ABC reporters were just beside themselves after the speech. They had to remind everyone of their view of the war before returning to regular programing.
George W. Bush would have preferred to fight with irrelevance as a "selected rather than elected" POTUS rather than have this Cup thrust on him, but he does his duty and focuses all of his management skills and poker-playing style to meet the challenge of the WOT head-on.
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