As the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza continued, President Bush took to the airwaves Thursday night for a farewell address to the nation. Despite the more than 1,000 Palestinians, one-third of them children, killed by US-supplied weaponry, Bush spoke of what he called “America’s moral clarity” and opposition to “murdering the innocent.”

President Bush: “America must maintain our moral clarity. I have often spoken to you about good and evil. And this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere.”

Bush also used his speech to defend his legacy, saying his presidency will be defined by its response to the 9/11 attacks.