but we wanted to behave in a way which would set the rules for world behavior in a post-cold war world. and that is we had u.n. authorization to liberate kuwait. we did not have u.n. authorization to go to baghdad. and it was the president putting into play once more the long-range thoughtfulness that builds on current circumstances to make the future better. >> the american people went kind of crazy for their soldiers. i'll never forget when we had the parade in washington but he wanted to make it clear. he said, this is for those who did it, not for me. >> america endures because we dared risk our most precious asset, our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, our