Posted on 09/11/2021 12:54:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Former President George W. Bush issued a dire warning on Saturday while commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying international extremists are not the only threats to the country's safety. In the wake of stark political and social division in the U.S., Mr. Bush said that "violence that gathers within" is equally as dangerous as extremists abroad.
"We have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but in violence that gathers within," Mr. Bush, who was president on 9/11, said. "There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and those at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our duty to confront them."
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Yep. I supported this guy because the alternative was Gore or Kerry. And every time he opens his mouth, it makes me feel more and more foul about having done it.
Just fu gwb. I’ve had enough of the Bush tribe.
And finish with
The Finest Hours
The Impossible Rescue.
He’s as dumb as a stump.
No kidding. I remind myself of this often around here. Thanks for reminding everyone else, too. But it is a shame how many on our side went along with the TDS crowd so easily.
What an evil fraud.
Bush wrote a letter supporting the George Floyd riots, so he wasn’t talking about them.
Of course not, but the fact I actively supported Bush is an embarrassment. I would’ve voted Buchanan in 2000 if I could do it over.
The “Hold Your Nose” candidate, for those who remember.
The alternative was the ignorant pompous ass VP of Slick Willie.
He mean Trump supporters.
I know what you mean.
Peoples lives are ruined, people die on foreign soil, and the work, efforts, savings, and dreams of good people are forfeited because of the personal hatreds, biases, and ambitions of those who form the ‘elite’ of the world.
These are not the brightest, the most creative, the most empathic, those most caring, the most informed, the most insightful, and certainly not the best of us. These are a small class of small people who have exploited the current structure of the world in ways that often hurt others while elevating themselves.
All those who despised Trump because they thought he lacked humility should open their eyes to the reality of who in our society actually do lack humility.
Why didn’t he say this about Muslims right after 9-11?
Pif-gucker.
i guess he never studied us history...
He didn’t like Goldwater either.
True...And that issue is what led me to join Free Republic :)
All the perfumed prince/princess Bushes should shove their New World Order fascism where the sun don’t shine.
The only thing he did right was hold off the green new deal
It’s very clear that GWB is referring to patriotic Americans. CBS News explicitly put it in that context.
F GWB.
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