Posted on 01/15/2009 9:40:17 PM PST by The Raven
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We will direct every resource at our command -- every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war -- to the disruption and to the defeat of the global terror network," Mr. Bush told a Joint Session of Congress. "I will not yield; I will not rest; I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people."
In that moment, he set the standard for the Bush Presidency: To protect Americans from another 9/11 and hit Islamist terrorists and their sponsors abroad. Whatever history's ultimate judgment, Mr. Bush never did yield. Nearly all the significant battles of the Bush years -- the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Guantanamo and wiretapping, upheavals in the Middle East, America's troubles with Europe -- stemmed directly from his response to the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon that defined his Presidency.
By his own standard, Mr. Bush achieved the one big thing ...
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In a few years - we can write a similar editorial about the former Republic
Thank you, Mr. President.
Excellent summary!! Nothing to add.
Even they didn’t bring him down!
for later
~~WSJ tribute to Pres. Bush .. PING!
bookmark for later.
The Left won’t have Bush to keep them safe anymore.
Everyone still points to this, and the President even mentioned it in his press conference last week, but it's my understanding that it was the Commander of the Lincoln who ordered that banner erected. He was pointing out that the mission of the Lincoln and sailors aboard had been accomplished, NOT the entire Iraq War.
I don't agree, but it can be simply humorous, ala FrankTV, not mean.
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