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04/18/2004 Archived Entry: "Bring even more of 'em on...."
Bring even more of 'em on...
These dopes never learn, do they?
Years after President Bush set off alarm bells in the Muslim world by referring to his war against terrorism as a "crusade," the word that Arabs equate with Christian brutality has resurfaced in a Bush campaign fund-raising letter, officials acknowledged on Sunday.The March 3 letter, which Bush-Cheney Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot sent to new campaign charter members in Florida, lauded the Republican president for "leading a global crusade against terrorism" while citing evidence of Bush's "strong, steady leadership during difficult times."
However, the word "crusade" recalls a historical trauma for the Muslim world, which was besieged by Christian crusaders from Europe during the Middle Ages.
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*Snort*. How many Muslims do you suppose are included in the ranks of "new campaign charter members in Florida"?
Bushco clearly no longer feels any need to pretend this is not a "crusade." The next letter will probably describe those "terrorist opponents of democracy" (known to the rest of the world as Iraqis, Palestinians, etc.) as Saracens.
It just occurred to me...you know how the Catholic Church has in recent years apologized, so to speak, to Galileo? And just recently apologized to Constantinople for sacking it one time? Wouldn't it be cool if the Pope would just come out with a blanket statement apologizing for the Crusades? I suppose wishing for an addendum calling it a mortal sin to participate in any crusades again would be pushing it a bit... :)
Posted by Xan @ 04/18/2004 08:18 PM NY
They have frameworked the war doing their best to insure self fulfilled prophecy, and made it a religious war whether you wish to be involved or not.
That being said, and acknowledging the war was wrong. The country attacked the wrong one. The choices of action afterwards again wrong on a grand scale. But it isn't anything remotely like what we even could guess at.
Sure the war is about oil. Thats a given. But is it really just about their greed? Or are they indeed serving the better good of america by pressing forward to claim the last reserves of a non renewable fuel source? Also placing our forces in driving range, not flying range for quick deployment.
Nope. I don't back it, but maybe, just maybe the games a lot bigger than just pure greed.
Posted by IXLNXS @ 04/18/2004 10:32 PM NY
Bob Woodward's book makes it even more clear that Bush is religio-sociopath, who thinks he is doing God's will to kill Iraqis until they accept democracy - A flawed strategy if I ever heard one.
Charley Reese has a great column today about Bush's arrogance and that Osama bin Laden actually makes more sense than Bush, when it comes to justifying the letting of innocent blood. Here is the link:
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20040419/index.php
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And two great quotes from the column (in case the link fails):
"It's no wonder he [Bush] has to lie through his teeth to try to explain terrorism. We are not victims of terrorism because terrorists hate us or democracy or freedom. We are victims of terrorism because George Bush's policies inflict grievous harm on Palestinians, on Afghans and on Iraqis."
and
"Bush is following the Israeli example. Rather than address the cause of the problem, he just tries to kill his way out of it. That policy has failed the Israelis, and it will fail us."
BINGO! This is good stuff and should be read by every American….
Posted by Stephen Kriz @ 04/19/2004 10:50 AM NY
