[Paul Ross]

Communal harmony and tranquillity did not suit Islamist agenda. They needed a polarized society to advance their programs. They required an environment of tension and hate in which American Muslims would feel insecure. Advocacy groups hoped to attract scared Muslims, looking for protection. This would have provided them with opportunities to recruit a good number of them for their extremist causes.

The operational theory for GWB's insipid Mullah-Hugging behavior is laid out here: Defang the Islamists with his compassionate motto "Take A Muslim to Lunch" or "Have you hugged a Muslim today?"

Although I would personally lay off this stuff, and continue to criticize it as Inappropriate Molly Coddling of Demanding Immigrants who should leave if they don't like us, I acknowledge the good intentions that GWB shows. And the appointment of CAIR's #1 nemesis to his advisory council...Daniel Pipes, shows us that GWB has not gone off the ranch completely...and where his heart actually resides.

[swarthyguy]

This certainly makes a case for voting for Bush.

That and the Pipes appointment.

With the domestic brouhaha brewing over illegals, it is worth noting that CAIR is in the ABB group.

Would the dums have a bigger lovefest with the islamis? I think so, so warts and all, Dubya's it.

Last night on Hardball, Bob Baer and Frank Gaffney were on for a too short segment; notable was Gaffney's closing comment to Baer's criticism about our softshoeing the Saudis - Gaffney said after Iraq, Saudi.

And Matthews ended it.

[SJackson]

Mullah hugging aside, I've enought disagreements with GWB that I'm not going to speculate on where his heart resides. I'll support him in 2004, and let the next four years tell me, and perhaps create his legacy.

[Sender]

I think it's important for us all to remember that there are good Muslims, ones that don't want to bomb us or beat us over the head with submission. Sometimes I get too caught up in terrorist-watching to remember that.