The Leader of the Free World has spoken. It wasn't a great speech but it was a courageous speech. It was a momentous speech that will be judged pivotal in the dire and consequential events that are sure to come.

President Bush seemed nervous. But I don't think it was Wordwind's letter admonishing him for his his pronunciation of the word "nuclear" that caused his halting slurred delivery. It was the very real knowledge that his words were the reality, and the fate of the entire world rests upon the courageous acceptance by all free men of that very same reality. God help us all.