Coffee in a Grand Cup

Dear Citizens:
This morning I made the coffee and instead of drinking it from a mug I poured it into my classiest china cup.  I used its saucer also. They were remembrances from the wait staff after a bit of tom foolery on my part with them during a superb breakfast at the prestigious Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway.  That morning I also received a silver sugar spoon and a kiss. Of course, I drink from this cup on special occasions only.
Coffee in hand, I turned on the TV and watched the President's Nobel Lecture.
He was a reluctant recipient, like Wilson, and controversial, like Roosevelt, but he explained his reluctance with grace and aplomb.  And he spoke of war.
"Still, we are at war, and I am responsible for the deployment of thousands of young Americans to battle in a distant land. Some will kill. Some will be killed. And so I come here with an acute sense of the cost of armed conflict - filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other."
(Alfred Nobel worried about these same issues when he instigated the peace price through his will.)
It is interesting to note that only once during today's lecture did it receive applause..
"Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And even as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules, I believe that the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. "
Is it not sad that this speech will garner no political points at home with Democrats or Republicans?  It comes from the heart and it makes much sense.
Be well Citizens
A Journeyman