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October 7, 2005
President Bush and the terror masters
Topics: War on TerrorPundita offers some interesting points of view on President Bush's speech.
In the longest speech he has ever given, yesterday President George W. Bush made specific retorts to arguments that cite Islamic principles as justification for terrorism. That is a first for an American president.While I have some disagreement with at least one of Pundita's observations, that the speech was "simply a bow to the Arab street," for the most part, the rest is a reasonable read on the "truth and consequences" of the speech.The extraordinary speech, given before the National Endowment for Democracy, represents other firsts as well.
Although delivering a not-so-veiled message to the Arab street was surely a component of the president's objectives, I believe that it was as much a line in the sand intended for the Islamists, and an attempt to bring clarity to an increasingly weak-kneed citizenry - as to the nature and true identity of the enemy we face.
Hat Tip - Riehl World View
Posted by Richard at October 7, 2005 11:26 PM
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