THIS NATION HAS DEFEATED TYRANTS AND LIBERATED DEATH CAMPS, RAISED THIS LAMP OF LIBERTY TO EVERY CAPTIVE LAND. WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF IGNORING OR APPEASING HISTORY'S LATEST GANG OF FANATICS TRYING TO MURDER THEIR WAY TO POWER. THEY ARE DISCOVERING, AS OTHERS BEFORE THEM, THE RESOLVE OF A GREAT COUNTRY AND A GREAT DEMOCRACY. IN THE RUINS OF TWO TOWERS, UNDER A FLAG UNFURLED AT THE PENTAGON, AT THE FUNERALS OF THE LOST, WE HAVE MADE A SACRED PROMISE TO OURSELVES AND TO THE WORLD: WE WILL NOT RELENT UNTIL JUSTICE IS DONE AND OUR NATION IS SECURE. WHAT OUR ENEMIES HAVE BEGUN, WE WILL FINISH.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A REASON THAT HISTORY HAS MATCHED THIS NATION WITH THIS TIME. AMERICA STRIVES TO TOLERANT AND JUST. WE RESPECT THE FAITH OF ISLAM, EVEN AS WE FIGHT THOSE ACTIONS DEFILE THAT FAITH. WE FIGHT, NOT TO IMPOSE OUR WILL, BUT TO DEFEND OURSELVES AND EXTEND THE BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM.
WE CANNOT KNOW ALL THAT LIES AHEAD. YET, WE DO KNOW THAT GOD HAD PLACED US TOGETHER IN THIS MOMENT, TO GRIEVE TOGETHER, TO STAND TOGETHER, TO SERVE EACH OTHER AND OUR COUNTRY. AND THE DUTY WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN -- DEFENDING AMERICA AND OUR FREEDOM -- IS ALSO A PRIVILEGE WE SHARE. |
