Was Laura Bush there?
Posted on 10/29/2003 5:21:37 AM PST by JesseHousman
WASHINGTON (AFP) - George W. Bush hosted a Ramadan dinner with US Islamic leaders, as the White House was besieged with demands to fire an army general whom made comments some say makes the US-led war on terror out to be a war on Islam.
General William Boykin's comments surfaced two weeks ago, in which he likened the US battle against terror to a battle between Christiandom and the Muslim world, placing the Bush administration in an uncomfortable position.
While the Pentagon (news - web sites) has opened its own investigation, it has also said that it does not expect to ask Boykin to resign. He continued to serve as a undersecretary of defense for intelligence, in charge of tracking down Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) among others.
Bush invited Muslim leaders to an Iftar, the evening feast that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast Muslims observe during the month of Ramadan. He organized the first White House Iftar after bin Laden and al-Qaeda launched the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
"America is a land of many faiths and we honor, and welcome and value the Muslim faith," Bush said in opening remarks before the meal.
At a mid-day press conference earlier Tuesday, Bush said that the controversial Boykin "doesn't reflect my point of view or the view of this administration."
"Our war is not against the Muslim faith."
"Americans think terrorists are evil people who have hijacked a great religion," Bush said, responding to a reporter's question.
Such statements, however, did not quell the Boykin controversy.
"The obvious response to the Boykin case is to say that because he is now under-secretary of defense for intelligence, he should be relieved of his post," The Washington Post said in an editorial Tuesday.
Boykin made his questionable speeches while wearing his military uniform before conservative Christian groups whom Bush will woo as part of his 2004 reelection campaign.
"It is highly likely that Bush himself, a genuinely devout Christian by all accounts, agrees with at least some, perhaps much, of what Boykin said," the Post speculated.
The US president had just returned from a tour of Asia, which included a three-hour stopover in Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population. He also met with several leaders of Muslim countries at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC (news - web sites)) forum.
"Muslims are completely wrong to think that the US is engaged in a war against Islam," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said.
"But that misperception flourishes in part because the domestic political strategy of the Bush administration -- no longer able to claim the Iraq (news - web sites) war was a triumph, and with little but red ink to show for its economic plans -- looks more and more like a crusade."
And many here would be calling him a traitor for hosting the dinner.
If any of you care to respond by yelling about Clinton the traitor, that's fine, but at least try and address the point somewhere in your rant.
Was Laura Bush there?
Thank you. I do beleive in the 10th amendment as stated in your above italicized passage, but you have said to me before that the 9th amendment overrides the 10th amendment.
That's it?
Come on, you can give a better answer than that. Which amendment has more credence, the 9th or 10th.
The difference between Clinton and Bush is that
Bush actually (with the help of our brave military) went after and killed many of the terrorists
Clinton just pardoned them
Granted, "he who sups with the devil best use a long spoon."
President Bush, his advisors and his generals understand this very well.
Hell, I bet even the U.S. Islam clerics and leaders know he's been placating the Islam masses in this country to prevent subversion, but they haven't been able to call his bluff, although they're trying.
GW is a consumate poker player....he knows when to hold them and when to fold them.
In the case of American muslims, he knows how to mold them, also.
Leni
I'd like to thank you and God for clarifying that for me.
It seems that the one with the (beating a dead horse) talking points is you.
Regards...
P.S. Thanks for helping me make my point about the lack of intelligence...I couldn't have provided a better example if I had tried.
Is this a direct quote from Mein Kampf AAA, or are you paraphrasing again?
There you go, steady your hands now...
I NEVER said it was in the Constitution. I NEVER mentioned the Constitution. WHY are YOU bringing up the Constitution?
"And the President isn't doing that. He celebrates all major religions, factualized by his Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur, etc. messages to all Americans."
It's been Christian and Jewsish. NEVER this crap. It's insulting. It's insane to celebrate with people whose religion includes HATING and wanting to kill ALL Jews and Christians. If in doubt - EDUCATE YOURSELF on the lovely Koran.
Some of us don't consider Islam a "religious group", especially when your "holy" book teaches you that we're infidels who should be killed. Why should any Christian respect such crap from a crap-mouthed criminal fraud?
When they start acting Godly and contributing to the world maybe that will change. From what I've witnessed so far, it's nothing more than a scorge on civilization and a vehicle of evil.
Leaving religion aside, most of these people would be smelly primitive sand nomads (not that they're much better than that now) if we hadn't set up their oil infrastructure and given them billions and billions of our busines. Then the backwards ingrates want us dead anyway.
Maybe there's hope for ya'll. After all God did love Ishmael, even though he warned us thousands of years ago about his decendents. Every word came true.
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