I will probably wrap up the voting this afternoon or thereabouts.
Vote here for American Dhimmi of the Year 2005.
Vote here for Dhimmi Internationale 2005.
Vote here for Anti-Dhimmi Internationale 2005.
Vote here for American Anti-Dhimmi of the Year 2005.
It really boggles the imagination, no matter how potentially misguided or potentially wrong, President Bush may (or may not) be on Iraq and how he is handling Arabia, that he is a Dhimmi of 2005.
President Bush, October 2005
"Some call this evil Islamic radicalism; others, militant Jihadism; still others, Islamo-fascism. Whatever it's called, this ideology is very different from the religion of Islam. This form of radicalism exploits Islam to serve a violent, political vision: the establishment, by terrorism and subversion and insurgency, of a totalitarian empire that denies all political and religious freedom."
"The murderous ideology of the Islamic radicals is the great challenge of our new century," he said. "Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to serve a political vision."
"The militants believe that controlling one country will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all moderate governments in the region, and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia," Bush asserted.
"Against such an enemy, there's only one effective response: We never back down, never give in and never accept anything less than complete victory," Bush declared.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051006-3.html
--- OK - those are the words of a DHIMMI???
Lets be intellectually honest here on this subject; credibility matters.
Who among the Dhimmi candidates: Ramsey Clark, Noam Chomsky, John Esposito would say such a thing?
Answer: NONE of them.
And this is not the first time Bush has spoken out against Islamist extremists.
But just two months after this speech by a President of the United States, he is nominated as American Dhimmi of 2005?
And does anyone think that Daniel Pipes is praising America's biggest dhimmi?
Bush Declares War on Radical Islam
by Daniel Pipes
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/3026
Especially given the complexity of this subject of Jihad, the waning interest of the American people, and the growing complaceny of the American people, it is IMPERATIVE that those who try to educate on Jihad remain balanced and credible.
I think this nomination of Bush as American Dhimmi of 2005 was a backwards step in that direction, that does not further the goal of educating on the danger of Jihad.
Not being a major Bush supporter or a Republican, I feel awkward having to make such comments, but I am a firm believer that fighting the war against Jihad does require intellectual honesty on the subjects, to ensure credibility.
Since 9/11, I have dedicated my "free time" to this war against Jihad on UnitedStatesAction.com for the past 4 years trying to educate, inform, provide guidance. And many others have also done so. But no one has been as successful as Robert Spencer's JihadWatch. For all the efforts of other individuals and groups, JihadWatch stands out there as the benchmark in educating the global public on the threat of Jihad. I value its efforts and reasonableness. People around the world look up to JihadWatch and its great work.
Bush may (or may not) be misguided, wrong, made many mistakes - but to label him as a dhimmi really stretchs a point. Credibility matters.
I thought we did this already. Dub/Condi won.