Andrew Sullivan: Victory is an article of faith for Bush

The Sunday Times (U.K.) ^ | 10/28/2001 | Andrew Sullivan

[Victoria Delsoul]

As Fred Barnes, the political journalist, noticed, the September 20 speech was also an exercise in psychological projection. "In our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment," Bush said. "The country is called to defend freedom." Nobody needs to ask who had done the calling. Or who, apart from the country, had been called.

Another good article by Andrew Sullivan. Thanks WW!

[William Wallace]

Yes it is! You're welcome Victoria.

[WRhine]

September 11 solved it. "I think, in his frame, this is what God has asked him to do," a friend of his told The New York Times.

I believe this too. GW is on a divine mission. So many things about his rise to power were the result of beating improbable odds. Yes, OBL will crack before GW even breaks a sweat.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

we ignore this man's spiritual core at our peril. Its main consequence right now has been what insiders are calling a laser-beam concentration on the war on terrorism. Bush believes this is now his mission.

Thank you so much for this ping, WW. President Bush's faith and determination outweigh every doubting pundit and international whiner. I love him for that and thank the Lord each day that we have a leader of such courage and humility who understands the significance of the battle we're fighting.

The weekend President Bush left for China and the RATs came out of the woodwork in their tired, old divisive way...it was clearer than ever who the real leader is in DC right now. Since President Bush is determined to unify the country, it is up to us to bell the RATS. (^:

[Vinomori]

bump it for the beauty of this man