bryant

Two very important speeches were delivered today. One was delivered to the people of the United States; one was delivered to Britain's House of Commons. I'm glad I had the chance to watch both of them.

President Bush made what we must now consider the definitive Administration case for war on Iraq. Robin Cook made what I consider to be the definitive case against. (I have not found a transcript of the latter, but there is a RealVideo archive.)

I want to encourage everyone to watch or read both. Cook's speech is a textbook example of how to disagree with governmental policy without being unpatriotic. Bush's speech, considered objectively, was probably the strongest he has ever made. I suspect most reading this will have read the Bush speech by now; take the time to watch Cook, too.