I'm another who has trouble listening to the man. However, at Yahoo.com, they list the full text of the speech.

There he says most of the things I want to hear- the call to nations to support the 'war' (hate that word) against terrorism, the necessity of recognizing that terrorism must be dealt with; he even sounded like he's become aware of the ambiguity of the proposed cat and mouse game. Unlike what he was saying before: "We will find them in their caves and smoke them out" (All I could see was the horrific pictures of the napalmed Viet Cong). He seems to have had recent briefings that laid out clearly for him some of the difficulties in the course he was proposing.

Having said that, I think my operative thought is that he was briefed, that he was made to understand the impossibility of going with his gut instincts, not that he has suddenly become statesmanlike. MO

But God, I wish him well. Because I wish us well... I hope that in the months and years to come we don't find it necessary to increase the misery of the people in so many cities and countrysides, and I hope we don't have to go through more destruction and sorrow at home. And all of it sounds too much to expect.

But dropping bread across the countryside- ah, that I can support! It could be hard for the powers to convince the people with food in their hands of our demonic components.

Ebbie