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From the Grand Rapids speech:

So I call upon the world to come together and insist that this dangerous man disarm. But should they choose not to continue to pressure Saddam, and should he continue to defy the world, for the sake of our peace, for the sake of the security, this country will lead a coalition of other willing nations and we will disarm Saddam Hussein. If need be, if war is brought upon us like I said last night, I want to assure you, particularly those who wear the uniform and those who have a loved one in the military, we will commit the full force and might of the United States military. And for the name of peace, we will prevail. (Applause.)

We will free people. This great, powerful nation is motivated not by power for power's sake, but because of our values. If everybody matters, if every life counts, then we should hope everybody has the great God's gift of freedom. We go into Iraq to disarm the country. We will also go in to make sure that those who are hungry are fed, those who need health care will have health care, those youngsters who need education will get education. But most of all, we will uphold our values. And the biggest value we hold dear is the value of freedom. (Applause.) As I said last night, freedom and liberty, they are not America's gifts to the world. They are God's gift to humanity. We hold that thought dear to our hearts.

This is a great nation. America is a strong nation. America is a nation full of people who are compassionate. America is a nation that is willing to serve causes greater than ourselves. There's no question we face challenges ahead of us -- challenges at home, challenges abroad. But as I said last night, history has called the right nation into action. History has called the United States into action, and we will not let history down.

Over the course of his presidency, Mr. Bush has faced challenges and situations he wouldn't have predicted back in 2000, even as a worst-case scenario. But he rose to the challenge in Afghanistan and he will do the same in Iraq. Like Mr. Reagan, Mr. Bush is a man who truly believes that something called evil exists in this world, and needs to be fought. That may make many Canadians titter. But for most of us, it is nothing less than the essence of true leadership.

GEORGE W. BUSH IS A COWBOY -- THANK GOD!

President Bush at the wheel !

Our supposed "unilateralism" is a result, not of ambition on our part, but the cause-and-effect consequence of our friends having abandoned the field. They are sinking into a kind of cultural pessimism, one which afflicts us as well, but which we resist while they have given over to it.

At a moment in history in which steady, adult heads and hands are required, they are sadly in short supply. Europe is navel gazing, while Canada is looking for a navel to gaze at.

We prepare to act alone, not out of arrogance, but out of the sad recognition that we are largely alone in this. Our enemies are the enemies of Western Civilization, but we are the target of choice, because we are the only ones with the will to resist, and so we are the only ones that need be defeated. The others have already been defeated, without a shot being fired in their direction. It may seem difficult to believe, if you don't believe in a real, living God, but having shed their faith in God Europe no longer has the ability to distinguish between liberty and fascism, between right and wrong, between survival and extinction.

If you have any love for what Europe once meant, or at least what Europe could have meant, it is enough to bring a tear to your eyes.

But to realize how closely we have come to the same finish, how closely "but by the grace of God go we", is to feel a shiver at once of fear and grateful awe. We are at the edge of the darkness, and fully half the country would take us down that path, at least half the country would gladly trade our birthright for a mess of pottage. But we have been given a chance, if we will but stand firm, hold fast to our principles, and share what light we have, God will defend us and light the way back.