Bush's speech

Wow, I know I do usually say this after his big speeches, but it was awesome. He's finally said some of the things I've been wishing he would say for years now. He basically stood up to the criticism he's been receiving and bluntly laid out the overall reason why were in iraq: "Some have also argued that extremism has been strengthened by the presence of the coalition in iraq, claiming that our presence in that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals. I would remind themthat we were not in iraq on sept. 11, 2001, and al queda attacked us anyway." "The government of russia did not support operation iraqi freedom, yet militants killed more than 180 russian school children." "Against such an enemy, there is only one effective response, we will never back down, never give in and never accept anything less than complete victory."
He also laid out everything we've done since sept 11...foiled terror plots here in the US, exposed black market operation in nuclear technology, getting libia to abandon chemical and nucular weapons programs, stopped dozens of shipments containing weapons technology including equipment for irans balistic missile program, etc....
"Some observers also claim that America would be better off by cutting our losses and leaving Iraq now. It's a dangerous illusion refuted with a simple question: Would the United States and other free nations be more safe or less safe with Zarqawi and bin Laden in control of Iraq, its people and its resources? Having removed a dictator and aided free peoples, we will not stand by as a new set of killers dedicated to the destruction of our own country seizes control of Iraq by violence."
Check out the full transcript here