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Bush would be stupid to act in a way so as to alienate all or most American Muslims, because Arab Americans gave him a majority of their votes, if I've heard correctly. Very possibly, without Arab votes for Bush, Gore would be president today. If Bush doesn't want to spit at this community the way some firebrands are urging him to do, it's hard to blame him.

Good point.

And it would be completely stupid to turn the war against terrorism into a war against Islam.

Bush has very wisely exploited divisions in the Muslim community to isolate the radicals and terrorists.
IMHO he's been brilliant, politically, in the way he's handled this very volatile situation.

How does supplying radical Muslims with 8x10 glossies of their handshakes with the President "isolate" them? Seems to me this sort of thing just enhances their status within the broader Islamic community.

BTW, wishful rhetoric aside, we are at war with radical Islam (a thing) not "terrorism" (a tactic).

Bush has very wisely exploited divisions in the Muslim community to isolate the radicals and terrorists.

And for that he has been called a traitor and it has been insinuated that he is in bed with terrorists!