Ode to "the Quiet Life"

So, this is what qualifies as a "major speech" on Iraq? Chock-full of new, gripping information? No?

I love this part:

Bush also took on war critics in the United States.

“There’s always a temptation in the middle of a long struggle to seek the quiet life, to escape the duties and problems of the world and to hope the enemy grows weary of fanaticism and tired of murder,” he said.

But Bush vowed to not to retreat from Iraq or from the broader war on terrorism. “We will keep our nerve and we will win that victory,” he said.

I have a feeling that the days of "the quiet life" are long, long gone. Thanks, asshole.