The transcript I posted above was a pre-speech copy of the planned comments (although the words are basically the same). Here is the
actual transcript of the speech as given at the RNC, and I have included excerpts below that I feel most suggest we should be expecting more war:
"And we know that September the 11th requires our country to think differently. We must, and we will, confront threats to America before it is too late."
"As importantly, we are serving a vital and historic cause that will make our country safer. Free societies in the Middle East will be hopeful societies which no longer feed resentments and breed violence for export. Free governments in the Middle East will fight terrorists instead of harboring them."
"I am proud that our country remains the hope of the oppressed and the greatest force for good on this Earth.
Others understand the historic importance of our work. The terrorists know. They know that a vibrant, successful democracy at the heart of the Middle East will discredit their radical ideology of hate."
"The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear. And they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
I believe in the transformational power of liberty. The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom."
"Palestinians will hear the message that democracy and reform are within their reach and so is peace with our good friend, Israel.
Young women across the Middle East will hear the message that their day of equality and justice is coming. Young men will hear the message that national progress and dignity are found in liberty, not tyranny and terror.
Reformers and political prisoners and exiles will hear the message that their dream of freedom cannot be denied forever. And as freedom advances, heart by heart, and nation by nation, America will be more secure and the world more peaceful.
America has done this kind of work before, and there have always been doubters."
"The progress we and our friends and allies seek in the broader Middle East will not come easily or all at once."
"We were honored to aid the rise of democracy in Germany and Japan, Nicaragua and Central Europe and the Baltics, and that noble story goes on.
I believe that America is called to lead the cause of freedom in a new century. I believe that millions in the Middle East plead in silence for their liberty. I believe that given the chance, they will embrace the most honorable form of government ever devised by man.
I believe all these things because freedom is not America's gift to the world; it is the almighty God's gift to every man and woman in this world."