>Personally I think that the most important parts of his speech were 2 things:
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>1. Bush accepting responsibility (Can't believe I heard that but I did)

I don't read the impersonal "there were mistakes" as "I screwed up", but then I really didn't have the patience to listen to all of it. Maybe he did say something stronger.

Though, he did accept responsibility for other screwups before... so what were the consequences? Did he get part of salary cut? What punishment did he suffer?

>2. Making a clear statement that America's support is not open-ended (a clear deviation from his earlier statements until now)

Now that one really is new. Seems to be he's found a formula to cut and run but without it being called so.