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Andrew Cochran at the Counterterrorism Blog (thanks to Jeffrey Imm) notes that while in Bush's 2007 State of the Union address he referred to "Sunni extremists," "the Islamist radical movement," and "Shia extremists," and in his 2006 address spoke about "radical Islam," in his 2008 State of the Union speech he never used the words "Islam," "Islamic," or even "Islamist."
That suggests that his words from his 2006 speech can now be applied to their speaker: "By allowing radical Islam to work its will -- by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself -- we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals, or even in our own courage."
Posted by Robert at January 30, 2008 8:19 AM
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Silly Bush. He is one of the main responsibles for not identifying the enemy (Islamic theology), and for passing the "islam is peace" lie.
Good ridance! Oopps. I mean, "Good bye".
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at January 30, 2008 8:32 AM
I gave up on him a few years ago. Not that McCain, Hillary or Obama will be any better.
Posted by: Elric66 at January 30, 2008 8:44 AM
Bush is simply falling in line with the standard rhetoric of the day. God bless politically correct speech.
I agree, good riddance to him. Unfortunately his successor has the capability of being equally clueless on this issue, and maybe even worse.
Posted by: awake at January 30, 2008 8:45 AM
Bush has packed it in. If more do so, Islam wins. The retreat is cowardly. The most powerful nation on earth can take on any army but can't take on this Islamist ideology which is more dangerous than any army on earth.
Posted by: Sounder at January 30, 2008 8:58 AM
It is really difficult to understand what might be said behind those closed cabinet doors.
However one can't help worrying when the number 2 man Gordon England at the Pentagon is firing investigator Stephen Coughlin on Islamic terrorism in his department after being influenced by his buddy Muslim, Hashem Islam.
Posted by: Mackie at January 30, 2008 9:01 AM
...Bush is a lame duck....emphazing Lame....
Posted by: exsgtbrown at January 30, 2008 9:02 AM
Bush is preoccupied with more selfish pursuits of late to worry about either protecting his electorate or chancing the offence his muslim over lords. He instead is desperately engaged in a pathetic attempt to salvage a viable legacy from a miserably failed foreign policy. The impression of him, with boyish pride, stupidly smiling, while holding aloft the jewel encrusted sword just presented by an Arab sheik on his recent cavort through the Middle East, is permanently burned in my memory. I regret ever having supported this silly, naive man.
Posted by: descendantofacrusader at January 30, 2008 9:07 AM
Bush was a traitor even before becoming the president. Americans could not see his dad selling out America to Saudis. Why did America plunge into first Iraq war? To save Saudis. When did first Iraq war end? When Saudis were safe. Add to that Whatever Bush Sr. and Jr. have done / not done regarding Saudi Arabia and you have a clear picture of how Bushs used America to shield Saudis. Ofcourse, Americans cannot see beyond Republican/Democrats. No wonder Bush smoked cigars with Bandar while twin-towers burnt. Ofcourse, Clinton dis his own selling-out: http://www.blessedcause.org/proof/Clinton%20Embracing%20Islam%20selling%20out%20children.htm but that is another story....
Posted by: Alert at January 30, 2008 9:47 AM
bush is all fluff and on his way out. he doesnt want to stir up anything now. besides he is in bed with these muslims anyways i think. the only thing i will give him any credit is on recognizing iran.
but who ever wins office for next year, amoung the people running is clueless. and at least bush had some inkling of what was going on and why. now who comes in will gave to begin from scratch, meanwhile we backslide.
Posted by: zionist122 at January 30, 2008 9:48 AM
I'm no Bush fan and I understand a little two faced diplomacy is needed to use the moderate scum to keep the radical scum down, but this is too much. What does he have to lose at this point?
Posted by: Dumbo at January 30, 2008 9:54 AM
The closest he got to identifying the enemy was the over-used euphemism "War on Terror," which does not identify the enemy. So dumb.
Posted by: darcy at January 30, 2008 10:01 AM
He also stated that we need to create a lawful way for foreign workers to come here.
There already exists a great variety of non-immigrant temporary worker visas available to foreign workers.
It's not that he doesn't know that, but that he is, like so many others, intentionally conflating immigration/immigrants with temporary workers.
Coming here merely to work does not make one an immigrant.
Whatever one's position on those issues we need and deserve a president who will address them honestly.
Obama and Clinton won't do that, nor will McCain or Huckabee, and I'm not sure Romney will, either.
Posted by: PRCS at January 30, 2008 10:39 AM
Ezra Levant puts it this way: "But ever since 9/11, liberals throughout the West have decided an anti-Arab backlash would be worse than Arab terrorism itself."
And it's not just liberals.
http://ezralevant.com/2008/01/borin-warren.html
Posted by: Sounder at January 30, 2008 11:30 AM
Coming up on the end of his reign of blunders, weaknesses and broken promises, Bush continues to prove himself one of the worst presidents in recent memory. Come what may in 2008, I'll be glad to see him go.
And I am a Republican. Check.
And a Conservative. Check.
And I voted for him. Check.
Twice. Check.
What a profound disappointment he is. And now, doing his best to betray and splinter Israel while pacifying the Muslims before he leaves the White House...
Unforgiveable.
Posted by: Dumpling at January 30, 2008 12:56 PM
He's just being pragmatic about his legacy. If you're on the way out the door, it's not the time to list all the problems that have increased since you took office. Two or three (or four or five) years ago was the time to whip up fear to justify the war in Iraq. Now is the time to pretend everything is just hunky dory, thanks to his fine leadership.
Whatever. It's time for our focus to shift to the coming President anyways.
Posted by: special_guest at January 30, 2008 1:55 PM
Dumpling:
And I would simply add a ‘check’ to everything you just said. There are a lot of us ‘conservatives’ out there who have been duped by the Bush fiasco. Pitiful!
at January 30, 2008 1:56 PM
Bush should be strapped in a chair and someone should read this to him:
http://www.islam-watch.org/AliSina/Why-Fight-Islam.htm
Posted by: Briars at January 30, 2008 9:58 PM
Only Mitt Romney remains as the one that will lead us against the plague that is islam, the others sadly will not.
Flip a coin on all the others.
Posted by: Islofob IS-1 at January 30, 2008 10:21 PM
Only Mitt Romney remains as the one that will lead us against the plague that is islam, the others sadly will not.
Flip a coin on all the others.
Posted by: Islofob IS-1 at January 30, 2008 10:21 PM
Absolutely true! Only Mitt offers a glimmer of hope. Rest are more of Bush pandering to Islam. However, America missed on a real American candidate whop would have fought illlegal immigration AND Islam: Tom Tancredo.
at January 30, 2008 11:35 PM
Posted by: Islofob IS-1 at January 30, 2008 10:21 PM
Unfortunately, I agree. McCain will talk a good game abroad, while simultaneously allowing "any and all comers" a free pass into our collective backyard.
Sad.
Posted by: awake at January 31, 2008 12:00 AM
Mr. Bush is operating with an eye on his personal post-presidential income stream. Wait for the "Bandar Bush Foundation" where W will be on the board of directors with a princely annual salary. Wait for those lucrative speaking engagements. (Imagine paying big bucks to hear W speak. He is surely the very worst public speaker to live in the White House in living memory.) What a nest of idiots and whores.
/Glad to say I voted third party in both of W's elections. 2000 - Pat Buchanan; 2004 some nameless libertarian. Will probably have to do the same with McCain/Hillary or McCain/Obama.
at January 31, 2008 2:28 PM
Dumpling,
My memory goes back to Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton (specifically to the issue of not confronting global jihad, ... hell, Carter enabled the global jihad by destabilizing the Shah)... so I can't quite call Bush "one of the worst presidents in recent memory."
But I take all the same "check" marks you did. Bush's immediate post 911 clamor to avoid an anti muslim backlash, by declaring Islam the ROP, was a clear indication he was not properly defining the enemy. Later on, you could see him tinker with the issue a little more intelligently when he sent out a few trial balloons using the term "Islamo-Fascism." But that brave foray into real enemy definition has now clearly been beaten back by the muslim apologist forces trained on him.
So we are left with leadership that is too stupid, too ignorant, or too compromised to properly define the enemy.
Most of the Republicans know what to do with a bloody "Alla Akbar" terrorist, maybe even some of the Dems, if you promise to give the terrorist full American jurisprudence rights, (and no waterboarding). But nobody in the two parties seems to want to address the problem with what's being taught in the neighborhood mosque down the street.
We are in great peril, and must continue to get Robert's message out.
Posted by: Paleologos at January 31, 2008 2:51 PM
Tom Tancredo.
Posted by: Alert
Agreed, he was the best, but sadly was the first to drop his bid. He endorsed Romney, so I hold hopes that Mitt would find a place for him in his cabinet. Mitt is the best to support.
That should scare the enemy that have been listening to them both.
All the rest are not the answer, Ron Paul even looks better than most of them.
Posted by: Islofob IS-1 at January 31, 2008 3:54 PM
Bush and the Bushes: bought and paid for by the Saudis?
More yes than no votes on that issue.
Posted by: unicorns62000 at January 31, 2008 8:32 PM
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