Maybe I am sensing what you refer to as breaking our will. God, I hope not.
It looks like you quoted yourself back to yourself, while attributing your quote to Spruce. Then, you reacted as if reacting to something Spruce had been worrying about, when it was you who had expressed the worry.
Reminds me of Bugs Bunny...everywhere at once. Sheesh. And like the old saying, you run around too much and you wind up meeting yourself coming back.
The President might know something we don't and that might explain whatever "urgency" you feel you heard from him.
Or he might be reacting to the same things we see every day...the Murtha's of the world trying to bring us down. And now the retired Generals trying to destroy Rumsfeld ...