The speech that president George W. Bush gave last Tuesday night was arguably the most significant foreign policy speech given by an American president since John F Kennedy swore to pay any price and bear any burden to fight and win the Cold War. It heralded in tone and substance, in resolve and clarity, a new war – as vital and as perilous as the Cold War, and with arguably just as much at stake. Europeans and others around the world keep misunderstanding this president’s message, misjudging his abilities and under-estimating his will. But notice has now been given. This war has only just begun…. [This article – my latest column for the Sunday Times of London – continues here.]

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