Bush’s Speech On 9/11

I absolutely loved Bush’s speech last night. He pointed out many things that needed to be pointed out:

If we do not defeat these enemies now, we will leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons. We are in a war that will set the course for this new century — and determine the destiny of millions across the world.

(view the whole speech here)

This paragraph more then any other one lifts my spirits. This tells me that yes indeed, Bush will NOT let Iran get that bomb. He understands, as I always knew he did, that this is a World War….now lately his rhetoric hasn’t really matched the reality but as Mario Loyola stated, Iran is getting the message:

Conservatives these days are dejected that the president’s rhetoric appears less-than-reinforced by the decisions and actions of the national -security establishment. But viewed from Tehran, Washington has continued to raise the stakes–and quite skillfully united the international community–against Iran’s nuclear program. Nearly 60% of the public in France would approve the use of force before allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons.

With statements such as the president made yesterday, and the brilliant diplomacy orchestrated by U.N. ambassador by John Bolton, the United States is fanning an increasingly chill wind in the direction of Tehran. Have no doubts that the Iranians are starting to get scared, and not a moment too soon.

Bush understands that there is a force in this world that hates everything we stand for, that frightens them.

But what do we get from the left? Arguments such as this one:

In his speeches, Bush has advanced several arguments, starting with the proposition that the United States is engaged in a long-term ideological struggle between forces of freedom and Islamic radicals who want to destroy freedom. Although U.S. adversaries come from different backgrounds — ranging from radical Sunnis in al-Qaeda to Shiite militants such as Hezbollah — Bush has characterized the opposition as forming a single movement, “a worldwide network of radicals that use terror to kill those that stand in the way of their totalitarian ideology.”

“That’s is an oversimplification of the task of dealing with the tactic [terrorism] that is used by many different groups, with many different ideologies,” countered Paul R. Pillar, a former top CIA analyst and the author of a respected book on terrorism. “It leads to a misunderstanding of the need of what is in fact a different counterterrorist policy for each groups and state we are dealing with. . . . Hamas is an entirely different entity than al-Qaeda. . . . Their objectives are very much different.”

Baloney. This is the leftist reality “Dude, everyone’s different dude…why are you pissing them off, lets just leave them alone and they will leave us alone”.

Please point to me where in Bush’s speech did he lay out the reasons why we are in Palestine? Oh, you mean he didn’t?

We do not have troops in Palestine, Beirut, or any of those locations. We have troops in the regions where our enemy is….Iraq and Afghanistan. That is where our war is centered and he made no such statement refuting that point.

But instead we get the typical leftist moral relavitism, such as this one by Tom Brokaw: (via Newsbusters)

“The policies versus the reality, I think is what a lot of people are going to be looking at. And whether or not we have to find other ways, than just militarily going in to deal with these issues, is the question on the minds of a lot of people.”

Oh give me a break. “Find other ways”? They have been attacking us for years, and have killed many of our countrymen and women but we should “find other ways” of winning the war….win the hearts and minds I suppose.

Has the left have no inkling of what the radical Islamist wants? They want the west destroyed, end of sentence. They do not want to live “in peace and harmony” with those that they hate. They want us dead. Until the left understands this and comes to grips with the reality versus their fantasy of everyone holding hands and singing kum bah yah the sooner we can actually destroy the enemy.

Yes, you heard me right. Destroy the enemy….that along with spreading Democracy is the only way we will win this war. The more we capture and kill, the more that people live under a Democray, the closer we will get to winning this war. Not too hard to understand is it?

But in the end, like they always do the MSM just spun the speech in such a way so they could criticize Bush. If Clinton had given this speech they would be writing that it was a speech “for the ages”….but with Bush giving it the speech it becomes a “oversimplification”….

Or that he was “politicizing” the anniversary:

“The president should be ashamed of using a national day of mourning to commandeer the airwaves to give a speech that was designed not to unite the country and commemorate the fallen but to seek support for a war in Iraq that he has admitted had nothing to do with 9/11,” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said in a statement. “There will be time to debate this president’s policies in Iraq. September 11th is not that time.”

So let me understand this. On a anniversary of a great battle in this war on terror Bush should not have told the American people why we are in this war against terror? Would they tell the same thing to Lincoln:

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Nowhere in that speech did he call out Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi and the rest of the hacks. He made a reference to “those who question” his decisions after 9/11 and then explained to the American people why he believed he was right in making those decisions. This day five years ago started a war (that should have been started long before) and what better way to honor this day then in reminding the world why we are in this war.

But the left understands this. They would complain about Bush politicizing 9/11 for just getting out of bed that morning.

But ignoring the lefts whines and cries you must read the closing paragraphs of his speech in which he described how winning this war will look:

At the start of this young century, America looks to the day when the people of the Middle East leave the desert of despotism for the fertile gardens of liberty, and resume their rightful place in a world of peace and prosperity. We look to the day when the nations of that region recognize their greatest resource is not the oil in the ground, but the talent and creativity of their people. We look to the day when moms and dads throughout the Middle East see a future of hope and opportunity for their children. And when that good day comes, the clouds of war will part, the appeal of radicalism will decline, and we will leave our children with a better and safer world.

On this solemn anniversary, we rededicate ourselves to this cause. Our nation has endured trials, and we face a difficult road ahead. Winning this war will require the determined efforts of a unified country, and we must put aside our differences and work together to meet the test that history has given us. We will defeat our enemies. We will protect our people. And we will lead the 21st century into a shining age of human liberty.

It will look like Democracy.

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