[JennysCool]

And in some small corner of this vast country in Nevada or Idaho, these places I've never been but always wanted to go

Come on out, Tony! You have a lot of admirers out here!

[Support Free Republic]

Aww man! Enough of the fundraiser posts!!!

Only YOU can make fundraiser posts go away. Please contribute!

[My2Cents]

Proud to have this man as an ally.

[Jeremiah Jr]

We are bound together as never before.

[Bigg Red]

Excellent! Thanks for posting.
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Blair could have been talking about the Rats here:

To be a serious partner, Europe must take on and defeat the crass anti-Americanism that sometimes passes for its political discourse

[ladyinred]

Fantastic speech he gave. One would think that it would shut up the left, but it will not. They smell blood and like a pack of raging wolves they will continue to undermine our security, and demoralize our military.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

What a powerful long visioned and clear sighted speech. If you can read it or hear it dry eyed you are really tough. That Europe's scrapping nations see that they must join together and work to provide liberty and free trade to their people is truly miraculous, considering the conditions not too long ago.

"They want a Europe of nations not a super state". Let us dearly hope so, because only with this in place will the EU survive and be viable, otherwise, it is doomed. The US of A is the only really powerful government who can lead other nations to liberty and freedom with the cooberation of free European counries. We are the prototype. The Original.

Poor France, embarking on a revolution on the heels of the US War of Indepencence, collapsed into anarchy,then totalitarianism and then imperialism to whateveritissocialism they have today. For all our concern and help we could not affect their course. How sad.

England,on whose empire the sun never set is reduced to a liberal socialistic country smothered under immigraton and taxes. Albeit they introduced the Rule of Law into the World.

I am so proud to be an American, and once again, proud of our President and his administration. I am proud of Tony Blair for his farsightedness and friendship born of long association. God Bless Britannia and the United States of America!

[Amelia]

Does anyone know when Cspan is going to replay this?

[Betteboop]

bump to print this out at work.

[McGavin999]

I know its hard on America. And in some small corner of this vast country in Nevada or Idaho, these places I've never been but always wanted to go, there's a guy getting on with his life, perfectly happily, minding his own business, saying to you the political leaders of this nation: why me? Why us? Why America?

And the only answer is: because destiny put you in this place in history, in this moment in time and the task is yours to do.

And when you say this, to practically every American, he will nod and roll up his sleeves.

[onyx]

Thank you Sir Winston Churchill for watching over PM Blair!

PM Blair is a giant of a man. Utterly without peer on his side of the pond.

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair --- what a duo --- praise be to God.

[agrace]

BUmp for later read

[Mr. Silverback]

Blair rocks. If every liberal was like him, the world would be 1,000% better.

[Luis Gonzalez]

BUMP!!!

[CyberCowboy777]

Bump for a good speech

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the post and ping !
Excerpt and link to another speech by Blair:

Tony Blair: The price of my conviction

Excerpt:

But there are also consequences of 'stop the war'. There will be no march for the victims of Saddam, no protests about the thousands of children that die needlessly every year under his rule, no righteous anger over the torture chambers which if he is left in power, will remain in being.

I rejoice that we live in a country where peaceful protest is a natural part of our democratic process. But I ask the marchers to understand this.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour. But sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

If there are 500,000 on the [Stop the War] march, that is still less than the number of people whose deaths Saddam has been responsible for. If there are one million, that is still less than the number of people who died in the wars he started.

So if the result of peace is Saddam staying in power, not disarmed, then I tell you there are consequences paid in blood for that decision too. But these victims will never be seen, never feature on our TV screens or inspire millions to take to the streets. But they will exist none the less.

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of England walk out to address the media in Cross Hall at the White House Nov. 7. "We've got no better friend in the world than Great Britain," said the President during his remarks. White House photo by Paul Morse.

[Steve0113]

FYI: An important word was omitted from the transcript. This sentence:

And we need to say clearly to UN members: if you engage in the systematic and gross abuse of human rights, in defiance of the UN charter, you can expect the same privileges as those that conform to it.

made no sense to me. I checked the videotape, and what he actually said was:

And we need to say clearly to UN members: if you engage in the systematic and gross abuse of human rights, in defiance of the UN charter, you can not expect the same privileges as those that conform to it.

[Steve0113]

ping. This speech is a keeper.