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As your post makes clear, Bush was making a boilerplate denunciation of terror of the kind he is called upon to make almost daily. But Moore mislead the viewer by not putting the entire episode on the tee in its proper context, i.e., not saying which act of terror the president was denouncing.

Moore's intent was to convince the viewer that fratboy Bush doesn't take terror seriously ("now watch me hit this drive"), but of course if a non-American is the victim of terror, and Bush is simply making the kind of boilerplate denunciation of terror that he is called upon to make almost daily, it is entirely understandable for him to transition quickly from the denunciation back to his golf game. Not all matters are equally grave.

This is such an obvious case of misleading I'm amazed at anyone who can't see it.

[lugsoul]

Did it mislead you? Can you name anyone who it did mislead?

Your post contradicts itself. You claim the President made a boilerplate denunciation of terror but that it was intended to reference a single isolated act of terror. If it was intended to reference an isolated act - rather than the broader war on terror - perhaps you will answer the question everyone else on this thread has avoided - what exactly was the President asking "all nations" to do?