World News 09-11-2001 Bush Rallies `Sadder, Stronger And Less Innocent` America who: George W Bush what: Tells US that they are fighting for civilisation itself where: Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia when: Last night snippet: "We are a different country than we were on September 10 sadder and less innocent; stronger and more united; and in the face of ongoing threats, determined and courageous," President Bush told a crowd of 5,000 last night, most of whom were police, postal workers, firefighters and other uniformed public servants. Speaking in Atlanta, Georgia, he told Americans "the US was waging a war to save civilisation itself," writes the Independent`s Mark Wilkinson, "and called on them to turn their fears into action volunteering in hospitals, schools, homeless shelters and at military facilities, or training for emergency service work and joining a new civil defence force he hoped to build." In a rallying call to an America seen as nervous and low in morale after the September attacks, the anthrax threat and the prospect of a long anti-terrost campaign, President Bush proclaimed that the United States was waging a war to save "civilisation itself": "There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated, and this nation will not be intimidated." The Times` Roland Watson criticises Bush`s "confusing" message, claiming the President was saying "that September 11 had changed America for ever, while urging individuals to get on with their normal lives." "About 57 per cent say that they are either stockpiling food, buying weapons or taking extra care opening the mail," continues Watson in reference to a recent study of America`s new habits. "That is despite the fact that most people believe they are more likely to get flu or be injured in a fall or car accident than contract anthrax or smallpox." [... more]

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