I listened to President Bush's speech at the U.S. Naval Academy. The President did a terrific job laying out our strategy, explaining the progress being made by Iraqi security forces and how we have adjusted the training of Iraqi forces as the need to do so has become evident.
If you were unable to listen to the speech I encourage you to read it, listen to it or watch it. I have some dear friends, people who I think are very smart and generally well informed, who are opposed to this war. I find it frustratingly impossible to have any meaningful discussion with these friends. They had their minds made up about the war from the beginning. Because their minds are made up they refuse to inform themselves about what we are doing. They won't listen to or read what the President says, and he has given a remarkable series of speeches about the war and simply doesn't get enough credit for them. The point is if we are going to meaningfully debate how, or whether to continue to fight this war, and I think it is important that we do, it requires that the debate be informed. Don't let others decide what you think, decide yourself.
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