Like JFK's inaugural address (still hailed as one of the finest) Bush's speech focused not on details but on the underlying principles we will stand for in the world in opposition to an enemy that is intent on enslaving humanity. Bush used the word "freedom" more than JFK who, if I recall correctly and approvingly, spoke of "liberty". I'll leave it to people like Buckley to parse the differences between those terms but the underlying message seemed clear to me.
"There is — let’s demonstrate — a law against murder. But how do you deal with the man who fired the bullet at the cuckolder in mid-stroke, egged on to do so by his daughter, who is suffering from a fatal illness?"
TMI. And very weird. Buckeley has completely slidden off his chair.