【正文】 u now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken。you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus—and are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth。and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass。that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve。that as the world grows smaller, our mon humanity shall reveal itself。and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society39。s ills on the West—know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history。but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow。to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders。nor can we consume the world39。s resources without regard to the world has changed, and we must change with we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol faroff deserts and distant have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service。a willingness to find meaning in something greater than yet, at this moment—a moment that will define a generation—it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest is the firefighter39。s courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent39。s willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our challenges may be instruments with which we meet them may be those values upon which our success depends—hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism—these things are things are have been the quiet force of progress throughout our isdemanded then is a return to these is required of us now is a new era of responsibility—a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult is the price and the promise of is the source of our confidence—the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain is the meaning of our liberty and our creed—why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have the year of America39。s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy capital was enemy was snow was stained with a moment when the oute of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:“Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one mon danger, came forth to meet [it].” the face of our mon dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may it be said by our children39。s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter。and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God39。s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future PRESIDENT: Good the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our Armed Services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistanthe nature of our mitment there, the scope of our interests, and the strategy that my administration will pursue to bring this war to a successful ’s an extraordinary honor for me to do so here at West Pointwhere so many men and women have prepared to stand up for our security, and to represent what is finest about our address these important issues, it’s important to recall why America and our allies were pelled to fight a war in Afghanistan in the first did not ask for this September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four airplanes and used them to murder nearly 3,000 struck at our military and economic nerve took the lives of innocent men, women, and children without regard to their faith or race or it not for the heroic actions of passengers onboard one of those flights, they could have also struck at one of the great symbols of our democracy in Washington, and killed many we know, these men belonged to al Qaedaa group of extremists who have distorted and defiled Islam, one of the world’s great religions, to justify the slaughter of Qaeda’s base of operations was in Afghanistan, where they were h