U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed a joint session of Congress on July 19, 2003. “He knew that critics in America were asking why we had to take the lead in liberating Iraq and confronting terror, and he gave the answer: ‘Because destiny put you in this place in history, this moment in time, and the task is yours to do.’ But America wouldn’t be alone, he pledged. ‘We will be with you in this fight for liberty.’ ”
– Dick Cheney, In My Time, Page 372