George W. Bush is speaking to a gathering of the National Endowment for Democracy right now (7:27 AM PDT). Although a lot of what he’s said so far has been heard in previous speeches, there is an enhanced seriousness in his delivery that I haven’t seen since the days just after 9-11.
He’s in his element, as he usually is when he’s talking about terrorism, the fight against it, and the progress being made to eradicate it.