He started by quoting FDR, "To some generations, much is given; of others, much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." He invoked 9/11, and the War against Terrorism, calling it a fight between right and wrong, good and evil.
We are engaged in a hard struggle against a cruel and determined adversary. Like all wars, this one will have its ups and downs. But we must fight. We must.
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Those who criticize that decision say it was between war and a benign status quo. It was not. It was between war, and an even graver threat.
This was not understood by the war's critics. Certainly not a disingenuous filmmakers who would have us believe that Saddam's Iraq was an oasis of peace. [This aroused a huge booo from the crowd; Michael Moore was in the press area, and he got a good laugh from the reaction.]
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