A letter sent to Opinion Journal in response to a request by Peggy Noonan for a paragraph to define President Bush’s run for the Presidency.
OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan Responses : “Join the Fight
Pierre Legrand - Baton Rouge, La.
We stand on a precipice together because we truly are together in this the third world war. As president I have no special dispensation that says my family and I won’t suffer defeat and humiliation should we lose this battle with those who would see us destroyed. Some may consul that we should shrink from the battle in hopes that it may pass us by but this is not our destiny. Those who dream of flying planes into buildings do not seek to destroy a particular person, or a even a particular place, they seek to destroy an idea. The idea that a group of people from disparate backgrounds and disparate religions can after a fashion find a way to live peacefully together is an anathema to everything the barbarians stand for. And we that beautiful city on the hill represent the most pure vision of that idea. We also stand as its stoutest defender. The barbarians must defeat us to pass into their nightmare vision of a world driven by their madness. They know that even if we do not choose to fight they must defeat us because to leave us standing on their flanks will mean that we may one day threaten them. We cannot leave this battle to our children; we morally cannot leave this battle to our children. It is our battle. If not us then who, if not now then when?”
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