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The Heroic Age
By James Pinkerton 03/03/2003
This is the age of heroes. The Heroic Age.
That realization came to me as I listened to President George W. Bush speak to the American Enterprise Institute last Wednesday night. He outlined a foreign policy vision that went beyond battling terror, beyond eliminating weapons of mass destruction. Indeed, he went way past the liberation, pacification, and democratization of Iraq; he pledged to do the same for the entire Middle East. Now that's ambition—heroic ambition.
But it's not just Bush's grand vision. It's America's vision, too. And in this Second American Century, our vision is what the world sees. So who are these strivers, these makers of an Age? Who are these men and women, these Americans? They are the people who cheered when the 43rd President declared, "Much is asked of America in this year 2003. The work ahead is demanding…it will be difficult to cultivate liberty and peace in the Middle East, after so many generations of strife." Yet, he continued, "the security of our nation and the hope of millions depend on us, and Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard. We have met great tests in other times, and we will meet the tests of our time."
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The Heroic Age
By James Pinkerton 03/03/2003
This is the age of heroes. The Heroic Age.
That realization came to me as I listened to President George W. Bush speak to the American Enterprise Institute last Wednesday night. He outlined a foreign policy vision that went beyond battling terror, beyond eliminating weapons of mass destruction. Indeed, he went way past the liberation, pacification, and democratization of Iraq; he pledged to do the same for the entire Middle East. Now that's ambition—heroic ambition.
But it's not just Bush's grand vision. It's America's vision, too. And in this Second American Century, our vision is what the world sees. So who are these strivers, these makers of an Age? Who are these men and women, these Americans? They are the people who cheered when the 43rd President declared, "Much is asked of America in this year 2003. The work ahead is demanding…it will be difficult to cultivate liberty and peace in the Middle East, after so many generations of strife." Yet, he continued, "the security of our nation and the hope of millions depend on us, and Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard. We have met great tests in other times, and we will meet the tests of our time."
this way for more on our hero (http://www.techcentralstati on.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?P ID=1051-350&CID=1051-030303A)