- 'Duty sometimes requires the violent restraint of violent
men' - George Bush in his keynote speech
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- George Bush yesterday vowed to start more wars for the
"moral goal" of liberation.
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- The president said the US reserved the right to use force
against tyranny.
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- In the only public speech of his visit, Mr Bush said
he would not bow to "thugs and assassins".
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- Just 24 hours before today's mass anti-war rally in London,
he defended invading Iraq. Mr Bush paid lip service to global anti-war
feeling - then threatened military action whenever he felt like it.
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- He said: "There are principled objections to the
use of force in every generation and I credit the good motives behind those
views.
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- "Those in authority, however, are not judged only
by good motivations. The people have given us the duty to defend them.
That duty sometimes requires the violent restraint of violent men.
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- "In some cases, the measured use of force is all
that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force."
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- Mr Bush told an audience at London's Banqueting House
that the September 11 attacks proved the dangers of ignoring oppression
in a distant land.
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- "Because European countries now resolve differences
through negotiation and consensus there is sometimes an assumption that
the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget how
Europe's unity was achieved - by Allied armies of liberation and Nato armies
of defence.
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- "Beyond Europe, where oppression and violence are
very real, liberation is still a moral goal."
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- Mr Bush pledged to finish the task in Iraq following
speculation that America was about to pull out.
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- He said: "We did not charge hundreds of miles into
the heart of Iraq and pay a bitter cost of casualties and liberate 25 million
people only to retreat before a band of thugs and assassins. Whatever has
come before, we now have only two options: to keep our word or to break
our word. The failure of democracy in Iraq would throw its people back
into misery and turn that country over to terrorists who wish to destroy
us.
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- "Yet democracy will succeed in Iraq. Because our
will is firm, our word is good and the Iraqi people will not surrender
their freedom."
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- Mr Bush, due today to meet relatives of servicemen killed
in Iraq, added: "Some families now live with the burden of great sorrow.
We cannot take their pain away, but these families should know they are
not alone. We pray for their strength, we pray for their comfort. We will
never forget the courage of the ones they loved."
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- Mr Bush heaped praise on Tony Blair, saying: "America
has always found strong partners in London, leaders of good judgment and
blunt counsel and backbone when times are tough. And I have found all those
qualities in your current Prime Minister who has my respect and my deepest
thanks.
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- "The men and women of this kingdom are kind, generous
and brave. America is fortunate to call this country our closest friend.
May God bless you all."
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- The Queen echoed his comments on the special relationship,
saying the countries were never closer.
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- At a banquet held at Buckingham Palace - with a menu
of halibut, chicken and ice cream - she said: "Our troops have served
side by side in Afghanistan and Iraq to lead the fight to restore freedom
and democracy. Our two countries stand firm in their determination to defeat
terrorism."
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